When life is difficult and especially when loved ones enter heaven ahead of us, it's hard to pray. Oh, I know. Grief shouldn't put a halt on our faith; it shouldn't keep us from praying. But sometimes we can't find words to express the depths of our hearts. Sometimes the process of filtering through our minds to lasso a group of words together feels impossible. Since the beginning of this … [Read more...] about A Prayer for When You Are Grieving
Letters to Taylor: On Numbness
Letters to Taylor: On Numbness My sweet girl, I have not wanted to write to you in the past couple weeks. I knew that as soon as my fingers began to type words that I long to speak to you in person, tears would fall, and pain would surge into my soul full force. I’ve felt numb more often since my last letter to you and I’m not sure which is worse. Numbness to dull the pain while knowing it’s … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Numbness
Winning over Worry Bible Reading Challenge
Welcome to the June 2019 Bible reading plan and journal challenge! If this is your first time here, then I’m so glad to have you! And if you've been here before, glad to have you too! I can hardly believe that we've arrived at the end of the school year and we are headed into the 6th month of 2019! This month I’ve started the return to blogging and more time on social media and it has been … [Read more...] about Winning over Worry Bible Reading Challenge
A Prayer to Empower Moms
Parenting is hard work, amen? It's both hard work and heart work. It's long days, short days, good days and bad days. I've been mom-ing for over 22 years now. Through many stages and phases, I can tell you one thing for sure: God loves mothers. He loves mamas because He created them. He loves mamas because He uses them. He must love mamas because He gave one to Jesus. Think about that! And … [Read more...] about A Prayer to Empower Moms
Letters to Taylor: On Heavenly Kisses
Letters to Taylor: On Heavenly Kisses Dearest Taylor, I’m sitting with Daddy by the ocean this week and the sound of the waves soothe my soul. I would wish that you were here, only the beach was such a strange place for you. The one and only time we brought you by the ocean, you could not stay standing in the shifting sand. I can see your squinting eyes as you struggled to understand why the … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Heavenly Kisses
Magnificent Power Bible Reading Challenge
Welcome to the May 2019 Bible reading plan and journal challenge! If this is your first time here, then I’m so glad to have you! Could I ask you to slow down for just a minute as you read this post? God has called me to host the monthly Bible reading challenge and I’ve done so for almost a decade in obedience to Him. Since my Taylor girl graduated to heaven on January 2 this year, I … [Read more...] about Magnificent Power Bible Reading Challenge
Letters to Taylor: On Miracles
Letters to Taylor: On Miracles Sweetest Taylor, Tonight my arms are aching to hold you. The longing to feel you breathing is taking my breath captive and my mama’s heart can hardly beat. The pains that I thought were beginning to ease up have returned with a vengeance and I imagine they are like the phantom pains of an amputee, rattling nerves due to something missing. You feel … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Miracles
Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again
Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again My sweet girl, I am getting accustomed to the barren space in my world without you here. It’s strange how the pain still feels vast and deep, yet a numbness surrounds it. I don’t know how to compartmentalize the grief of losing you because you came from me and are a part of me. But the new routines of daily living are beginning to take shape and actually … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Singing Again