I will never forget one defining moment my last year of graduate school. I was required to have a clinical education experience in a hospital setting. When I arrived at the local medical center, I was asked to serve on the oncology floor. Five days a week for the month of January, from 8:00 a.m. […]
It’s an honor to be featured in Parents with Preparedness Magazine. This article first appeared HERE. It was my daughter’s first day of high school. As I waited in our driveway for her to come to my car, I could feel my nervousness for her. This was a big milestone of a day for her—her […]
I was meeting a friend at church because we would be driving together to go to an event. As I got into my over 15-year-old car I thought, “I love this car.” I’ve always had a bit of a love affair with my car. It’s small, gets good gas milage, and it was oh so […]
Feeling alone is one of the worst places to be. Feeling alone in your marriage can be excruciating. One can think, “I am married. I am supposed to feel loved and cared for, and yet, I feel alone and hopeless.” What is a woman to do? You love your husband and would never want to […]
I found this blog on Dr. Jim Burns’ site and thought to myself, “This is so good. I can use this advice TODAY.” If you have a middle schooler this is so insightful and helpful. And even if you don’t, I think it’s good insight for all of us. 10 Truths Middle Schoolers Should Know […]
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” -Mark 12:30 Loving others like Jesus is our lifelong “following Jesus” quest. Life presents us with challenging circumstances and what to do in such circumstances can be difficult to decipher. However, […]
Sometimes I just don’t understand my husband. I straight up just don’t. I don’t always agree with him. I mean, doesn’t a “good” wife always agree with her husband? I have opinions and they don’t always lineup with his. Do I keep my “thoughts” to myself? It’s hard sometimes. I like being heard. I like […]
Many of us are facing some really difficult and challenging stuff as we look forward into the new year. Stuff that we may not know how to unpack and deal with as we move forward. We may have lost loved ones, lost jobs, changed addresses, or be dealing with a huge setback. Life can feel […]
As the new year rolls in none of us really know how our lives will roll out. Last year at this time, I was living in another state, happy, content, not wanting anything to change. It was as if God picked me up, like Fred Flintstone moved things on his Bronto Skylift crane, and transplanted […]
