A few months back, I was climbing this beautiful trail at a nearby nature park. The particular trail I chose was a steep, rocky path with minimal rest stops. In the middle of me trudging along, tripping over hidden rocks and thick tree roots, I began to think: When we go through life, isn’t it…
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Exhausted and miffed, I slammed the computer shut. I rubbed my temple as a tension headache began to form. Five. Thousand. Dollars. Five thousand! That was the cost of the treatment procedure to fix my son’s cavities and tooth decay. The pediatric dentist had said it was a little less than that, but not to…
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This was the conversation I had with my 3 year old son this morning: Odis: Mommy, can you please stop singing? Me: Why do I have to stop singing? Odis: Because you’re not quiet! This is one of many darling conversations I have with my buddy, but this particular one had me pause and ponder…
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Have you ever yelled at God? Like, shake-a-fist-in-the-air, scream-on-top-of-your-voice, whilst tears-fall-down-your-cheeks kind of yell? I have, and it wasn’t pretty. I’m sure some neighbors of ours were thinking of calling the 911 line for a domestic disturbance (you know, the cattle and goats next door?). Though it wasn’t pretty, it was much needed. My yells…
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In the time that I married my husband over five years ago, I never had such unexpected chaos happen in such a short amount of time—all in the expanse of about a month. It started when my dad unexpectedly passed away while we were on vacation. Our trip was re-routed so we could fly to…
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I’ve been on a When Calls the Heart mood lately, and I so love this from a recent episode I had watched: “Bad things happen if good people do nothing.” I’ve heard it said that sometimes the worst thing that a person can do is nothing at all. I have seen others gossip and speak…
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“You are a terrible mother.” It’s one thing to have someone voice this hurtful opinion straight to my face (and thankfully no one has), it’s another when I tell my own self this. It was two weeks after the pain in my back had started, sending me to my chiropractor, with questions and tears. The…
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I am a numbers nerd. I am goal-oriented. I am someone who tries to find the results and answers to things that make my head spin. It may be just human nature to find the answers, or it could be a mix of that and the tenacity God has blessed me with. Even so, I…
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Mothers…grandmothers…anyone who is sharing a space with a toddler child…have you ever had a moment when you just wanted to throw in the towel? The stress of the day, the pile of things to do, and everything seeming to go wrong, and than the one little thing that finally breaks the straw? That one thing…
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I grew up all my life being the most insecure person that I know. Insecure about my body (this came after marriage and gaining more than I anticipated), insecure about my traits and skills (I am not the most outgoing of-persons and would often fight tooth-and-nail to meet new people or be in the spotlight),…
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