I’m going to say something radical: Thanksgiving is not about the food. Yes, Thanksgiving is a feast. It’s a time to be thankful for the year’s bounty, and we celebrate…
Relationships
Finding Friendship and Community
Do you have one of those friends that God brought to you from an unexpected place? I have a lifelong friend who was actually my Sunday school teacher when I…
Don’t Do This Alone
I’d like to think that I’m a warrior. I’ve been a single mom to my five awesome children for 13 years. There have been some truly long days…falling to my…
God-Sent Friendships
When my husband and I first got married, he had recently graduated from basic training. And so because of his career, we moved together to Watertown, New York – a…
Are You Lonely?
The other day I went for a walk with a friend of mine. At some point on the trail, she said to me, “This week I have been feeling lonely….
7 Things I Say to God When I Don’t Choose to Wait on Him
I have many personal weaknesses, but I would say that my biggest one by far is that I don’t know when to leave people alone! If there’s a conflict or…
The Words We Say Matter
It is God’s desire that we live a life full of purpose and hope. It’s a life that He has equipped us for long before we entered our mother’s womb….
10 Ways To Help Out…Single Parents and Their Stuff
Single parent. I wonder where that phrase was first spoken. And what the circumstances were. It is a phrase that continues to define me no matter how much I wish…
Tips on How to Speak Lovingly to Your Family
Could I do it? A day shy of 37 weeks, I was in the hospital contracting every 2 to 3 minutes. Finally, I would hold my TWO babies in my…
Memorial Day: Young Marine, Old Marine Honors the Dead
From the time I was a young child, I have always been drawn to wrinkled, warm hands and the soft, slow countenance of the aged. Their smiles always seemed to…