Invite five 18-year-old girls into your home and I promise you it will change your life. This challenge sounds like a nightmare to some of you and I believe it could be in some cases. Yet, when my front door swung wide open and in walked three blondes, a brunette, and lively redhead, nothing was […]
Why do I inundate myself with apps, constant movement, events, loud music, and nonstop conversation? For the past couple of months I have felt this way, completely unfocused and exhausted in trying to keep up with everything around me. It is not just balancing my to-do list, weird work schedule, marriage, and social life. It […]
If Easter was a color, I imagine it would be a regal shade of lavender. If it were a scent, it would smell pure, like fresh cotton sheets hanging on a clothesline, being blown back and forth by a breeze. In song, Easter would be Kari Jobe’s hit single “Forever” and in scene, I cannot […]
There is so much pain in the world. Forgive me if you are having an uplifting day, I do not mean to drag you down with this discussion. It is true though, along with the breathtaking beauty in life comes a whole heart load of hurt. I have no authority in speaking about this […]
It is 10a.m. and I have not visited the gym. There is a mound of clothes on my unmade bed and I, literally, just finished applying my eyeliner. I know I am not lazy, but I still feel scattered and completely unorganized. My to-do list is incomplete and I am unsatisfied with my lack of […]
“Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.” –Psalm 34:10 The feeling starts in my stomach. Imagine an internal hand mixer working over your midsection. It then moves up to my chest and suddenly I have become very aware of my heart rate. I […]
Last night I began reading “Night” by Elie Wiesel, an account of his survival of the holocaust. After two hours, I almost two thirds of the way through of the book. As I crawled into bed at midnight my mind was filled of the horrific scenes the author had described of his experience living in […]
I love to write, I always have. I enjoy the noise of my fingers tapping the keyboard, seeing letters dance into an idea, and knowing that I genuinely gave away part of my heart for a page or two. Tears are swelling up in my eyes as I am writing today, because it feels like it […]
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