Pain

My scars and old wounds, I revealed them this weekend. Tore the bandage off the hidden ugliness behind the pain and wounds. In front of women I never met, but I knew a part of their struggle.   I stood in a room full of women dealing with infertility or pregnancy loss and I spoke…

They gathered there smiling, hands to their sides, drawn inexplicably. “That baby is dorable [adorable],” J nods and smiles. “Your baby is perfect,” E chimes in. “So cute,” L agrees. My heart clenches to see them huddle around the baby carrier, awe on their faces. I wonder to myself, “Why can’t we have more? Look…

Have you ever had a dream that didn’t turn out the way you imagined? {I hope this isn’t just me} You dream of being married, contentment, love, romance…But marriage is hard work…choosing love despite feeling it. You dream of being  a sports super-star…But practice, injury, and team politics make the reality of the dream a…

I am excited to introduce my sweet friend Stephanie Shott. Click here to visit her site. She is a woman who has been through a difficult past, suffered for her poor choices, and found Jesus. Since then she has never been the same. Her love for Jesus is evident in all she does. She has…

Am I crazy? The question rattled around in my brain and down to my heart. The silence was deafening. My heart beat quickened as I twisted myself into a pretzel. Stomach on the bed, rear in the air, twisting enough to get that injection in my hip. I knew I didn’t want the soreness putting…

We finally did it. My sweet little man now has a big boy bed. I know that he was well past the age of needing a big boy bed. Signs he needed a big boy bed included: he has to bend his legs to fit into the pack-n-play when we go traveling and he climbed…

Growth is my word for 2011. I felt God had stretched me in 2010 and now He needs to grow me into those stretched out places. Oh, but often growth is painful… I remember being in the fourth grade and hitting a growth spurt (if you could call it that). I am vertically challenged. In…

I long for the day when grief no longer taints joy. Our most joyful days on earth are tainted. Pain, fear, grief mingle and mix with our joy. Day I accepted Jesus as my Savior…Joy of forgiveness of sins, pure love from heaven washed the fear of hell away. Yet knowing some would still choose…