Faith
It’s Worth It
Braveheart, Gladiator, The Last Samurai and The Patriot are some of my absolute all time favorite movies. The common denominator? Courage, bravery, "strength and honor" (I did that for you true Gladiator fans (Sam Erisman and James Lorenzen)). The heroes were...
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The Horrible Loss of a Pet
I just feel…raw. All the blog books say not to share personal things in your life because no one wants to hear. I think that’s stupid. How do you connect if you don’t share struggles and get personal. My dog got out today. You can read how we got her here. I put...
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#One Word: What’s Yours?
New Year's Resolutions are so UGH. Mine are always broken or forgotten or just plain unrealistic and tossed before January is halfway through. But I do like having goals, and vision, and something to work toward. Something that guides my actions around family, my...
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Begin The Year With The Daniel Fast
I want to begin with this because it means so much to me. For most of my life I dealt with a ridiculous amount of anxiety. I can remember as a small child, I worried about everything. I didn't grow out of it. Even after I was married and had small kids, every...
read moreOur World Has Stopped For You
I'm up tomorrow for a blog post. I had a great Christmas app to share with you, but at this point it seems so very stupid. I have an acquaintance who posted that her daughter, a friend of my daughter's, has a brain clot, and they need to do emergency surgery, but it...
read moreThankful For Hopes Turned Into Answered Prayer
Happy Almost Thanksgiving!! My wise mom had her quiet time the other morning, and the devotion for the day encouraged the reader to write down all of her hopes of the past and the hopes for her future. She started writing down every time she had hoped for something in...
read moreAll The Good in the World
My mother-in-law and friends during their 18-state excursion, at a stop in Bar Harbor, Maine. My mother-in-law is a news junkie. And a politics junkie too. She spends a lot of time listening to the round-the-clock cable news cycle, and she loves to discuss and...
read moreWhen a Detour is the Best Path Forward
I got to spend a few days enjoying the mountains of Colorado last week. A little hiking, a little running, a little reading, a little writing and lots of just soaking up the sun and the scenery. During walks or hikes I love taking photographs along the way. When I...
read moreRejection Turned Into A Revelation
When you look back at how things fall into place - things you could not have not arranged in one thousand years - isn't it amazing? You can clearly see the hand of God and Him working out everything in a way you could not possibly have imagined. Last year, before I...
read moreWalking with God As The Person He Created Me To Be
Last year we wanted our daughter to switch schools, and that is the last thing in the world she wanted to do. So, with a little prodding and a new puppy, we finally convinced her. (Oh, just call it what it was – bribery.) None of...
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