What’s your truth? My truth is I’ve struggled a lot through life. I’m a recovering bulimic, codependent, obsessed mom, people-pleaser, over-eater, and over-dieter. After living in bondage I learned how to live in grace. It’s an ongoing process. One thing I know for certain is that life is better being a grace-spreader instead of a […]
The year was 1942. He was 20 years old. A time for fun. A time to date girls. A time for preparing to venture out into the world and make your mark. Instead of doing any of those things my father-in-law, Wallace I. Williams enlisted in the Air Force to defend our country in World […]
My friend, Ashley, has really been rocking this stay home mandate. Please enjoy her guest post… As many of us across the world are adjusting to #quarantinelife, I thought I would share just a few ways that have helped our family Stay Encouraged. 1. START EACH DAY WITH A FAMILY DEVOTION It doesn’t have to […]
Enjoy this guest post by author Ashley Collins… Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan and The Beatles all have something in common… they “failed” their way to success. They “failed forward.” They didn’t allow the negative opinions of others to stop them from pursuing their dreams. They were fired, ridiculed, criticized, laughed at…They […]
My grandson wears his clothes backwards. Even his underpants sometimes. He’s three. When he first learned to dress himself we thought he was putting his clothing on backwards by accident. But now that he has become proficient at dressing himself we’ve come to learn he likes wearing his clothes backwards, and does it on purpose. […]
“Lord, please give me the strength and wisdom to get through today. Please Lord, I need energy—I’m not asking for extra—just enough to do everything I need to today.” Many days started like that, but on this particular day it was not one of those parenting days, in fact, all was well—superb even. My day […]
Christmas lights were pretty and fun and free. And in abundance on the way to the hospital. I looked forward to your doctor’s appointment in Lexington the way I looked forward to school trips to the circus. I couldn’t wait to go to Toys’R’Us and the mall. I only liked the mall because I could […]
Christmas is just weeks away. There’s so much hustle and bustle during this time of year, and frankly, I just don’t want to expend energy on rushing around. There is so much I could, and perhaps should be doing to prepare for the holiday, but I just don’t want to. I want to be still. […]
And they left for the ER, that was the middle of this holiday story. But let’s start at the beginning, shall we? I was over the moon excited! My whole family would be together for this Thanksgiving holiday celebration. My son along with our almost four year old grandson was flying in to join us. […]
We all have one, that challenging relative we hardly see during the year, but it’s the holiday time, and well, they’re family, right? You love this relative, and yet, anytime you see him you kind of brace yourself because you never know what they will be demanding of you this time. Or she brings up […]
