Jingle Bells

Early this morning I was nudged to wake up. Like when you're at the beach and your body tries to will you awake while it's still dark so you can watch the sun rise over the ocean. I remembered it was Christmas Eve morning, but no plan to get up early. And then I knew. There was no... Continue Reading →

Home for the Holidays

We live far away from our biological families, and have for our entire marriage. At first we felt it was our obligation to 'go home' for the holidays, but the problem was that our families live about a thousand miles away from each other, and we were roughly the same distance from each. So we... Continue Reading →

Lights

Each year we pull out all of the lights, decorations and garland to decorate for Christmas, like most folks. It is a tradition that I relish and my guy does not. This year was a little later than most because we were waiting for our girl to come home and help, she enjoys it about... Continue Reading →

Control

Last week my guy visited our daughter for Thanksgiving break. She is in school in Maine, started this fall and her Dad hadn't had the opportunity to go there until now. I was very excited for the two of them, for him because he would finally see all that we had described, and for our... Continue Reading →

Faith Restored

Life can make a person pretty cynical if we're not careful. Turn on the news and hear about abductions, terrorist attempts and people murdering their 'loved ones' - it's enough on any given day to make you question where we are going as a society. Many people say they don't watch the news anymore because... Continue Reading →

If We’re Honest

  A couple of years ago I decided to tell my closest friend about a situation we were mired in with one of our teenagers. It was one of those issues with many layers; not my journey but I am greatly affected, not my deal but I can be judged for it, not my decisions but I... Continue Reading →

What’s Your Sign?

For several years now I’ve had a theory and I am not at all interested in having anyone debunk it. In the past I had heard of people noticing something unusual, and attributing it to God; a certain song is played, lights come on for no reason, a certain animal is seen….that kind of thing.... Continue Reading →

Community

A few months ago I read about a 30 Day Prayer Challenge for wives to pray for their husbands. I pray for my guy on a regular basis; asking for safety and success and to be found favorable by his employers, to be a good dad and a faithful man of God. You know, rote words... Continue Reading →

Shelter

Do you have that person who you know you can call and feel better after spending time with them? Not because they will say what you want to hear, but because they really know you, and remind you of who you are. This person provides shelter, protecting you from the lies of the enemy and... Continue Reading →

Want

https://youtu.be/uSXWadIWN38 Want by Birdtalker Have you heard of Birdtalker? Nashville group that I cannot get enough of these days. They record themselves doing one-shot performances and this one is my favorite so far because of their pure sound and the lyrics. Notice the guy with long hair as he sings; typically he is the lead... Continue Reading →

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