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Traveling by myself back to California from Michigan on Interstate 70 turned into not only a great adventure, but an analogy of my walk...

“Can trophies be recycled?” I typed this into Google the other day. Sitting in my garage was a box of trophies from my childhood. For...

“Yes he is here.” Those words seared through my heart and fear took over my body. “Is he ok?” “Yes, he will be…” That was all I needed to...

Mother’s Day, a day of celebration. A day to celebrate the unique qualities of a mother. For me, this one particular Mother’s Day, I...

“If you are a wife, you were created to fill a need, and in that capacity you are a “good thing,” a helper suited to the needs of a...

I wouldn’t call myself a gardener. In fact I’m horrible at keeping green things alive, except maybe my aloe plant. One day when I was...

This morning I got up to take a walk around a man-made lake in a park. It was early morning because I wanted to catch the sunrise. There...

When I was young I had a big, white, and soooo soft “blankie.” However, it was only at my Grandmother’s house when I would visit. It was...

I curled up on my couch covered by a cozy blanket, and I cried. And cried. And cried. I probably could have stayed there all day, but the...

“God First.” This was the motto of my college, a motto they strived to live by. Just like the rest of us Christian believers. All of us...

One day on the school bus, sometime in my kindergarten year, I sat in the coveted front seat. A fellow classmate tried to sit next to me...

I feel stuck. Have you have ever felt stuck in your growth? Healing? God’s calling on your life? Or maybe just stuck in life? The list is...

I had these really cool rose tinted glasses that I loved to wear. They seemed to make the world around me warmer as I gazed through them....

Have you ever sent a text to someone and realized you sent it to the wrong person? Most of us have done this. Well, I had an accidental...

I hate Satan, the king of lies and deception. Sitting in my car, tears streaming down my face. Defeated. Tired of the destructive cycle...

When my children were young, my son got to go into these fun play rooms for various types of therapy while I waited in the lobby with my...

It was the middle of the night, and I was in a deep sleep. My daughter, probably in second or third grade, came to my bed. She couldn’t...

As I scroll through Facebook or Instagram, I will come upon many memes like the one below. Some of the other memes say, “We need to look...

I have a love/hate relationship with scales. I love them when they show me the weight I want to be and I hate them when they show me the...

Have you ever made fresh, homemade lemonade? I haven’t because it takes too long, and I can just get a can of frozen concentrate and make...