When I was a very small child, I was abused by a family member. Thankfully, no one in my own home, but a family member nonetheless–someone who should have been responsible enough to care and protect the heart, mind, soul and body of a child. For many years afterward I blocked this, and every, intense […]
Category: living through breast cancer
Navigating a new reality
This is an incredibly moving post by a fellow cancer survivor who I have been following for quite a while now. My heart and my prayers go out to her in this, another tragedy in her life of recent tragedies…she is a woman filled with courage and energy despite all that she has had to […]
The Balancing Act: A Mixed Bag of Emotions
The year of 2013 is almost half over…wow, how did that happen? It seems like only yesterday I was snuggled up in my Christmas hibernation thinking about the coming year…and now that year is six months gone. For the new year, I chose one word to focus on, to become closer to God through this […]
Que Sera Sera…The Questions of Life
There are times when writing doesn’t come as easy as it normally does. As cathartic as it is for me sit and write my thoughts and feelings, sometimes they are simply just too jumbled up to put on paper. Please forgive the rambling nature of this post. It is much lengthier than normal, and much […]
from dust to dust
Inconsequential residue or miracle of creation? Major annoyance or glimpse of the eternal? Dust sparkling in the sunlight… Did you, as a kid (or maybe even last week) ever hang your head off the side of the couch and watch as the light caught the dust particles floating through the air? I remember spending hours […]
Ripples in a Pond
Life has been pretty chaotic here these past couple of weeks, and I truly haven’t taken the time to even formulate coherent thought, much less try to write them down. Last minute errands, helping the kids study for mid-terms, influenza, baking for Christmas–these are the things that have filled up my life. The only “writing” […]
Soul Erosion
Have you ever felt drained of energy, deep down in your soul? The quiet wearing of away of joy and peace in your heart? This is soul erosion, and God has given us way to mend it. I pray that you will enjoy my little article that the gifted women at (in)courage have been so […]