Letters to Taylor: On Freedom My Girl, It was July 4, 1999. Your bouncy pigtails danced in the evening light as we walked the field where my mama grew up. I remember how busy and beautiful you were at age 3. When darkness fell and your Uncle Chip began shooting…
Ever feel like you just can’t go another step? I’ve been there. Today is one of those days when I needed to savor my go-to list of Bible verses for when you feel like giving up. Recently I’ve been especially hard on myself and I’ve thought, “Why am I going…
Welcome to the July 2019 Never Alone Bible reading plan and journal challenge! If this is your first time here, then I’m so glad to have you! It’s summer, ya’ll! I love summer so much. Thank you for your emails and continued encouragement during these months since my precious daughter,…
Letters to Taylor: On Forgetfulness My dear girl, The ache of missing you is waking me in the middle of the night. It’s been a couple weeks since I sat down to “talk” to you, to write out the thoughts that continually float around in my head and surround my…
Letters to Taylor: On Procrastination Sweet T, I miss you. To say that I miss you doesn’t even begin to explain how I feel. My heart holds a void like I’ve never known before. I’ve been looking back at our lives from the past few years and pondering over the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
