Reveal To Heal

Reveal To Heal

by | Aug 15, 2021 | Faithfulness, Self-Control

I have been trying to write about something for almost a week. I’ve started and stopped, deleted and started over, walked away and came back…but all to no avail. So this morning, with God’s help, I’m just going to lay it all out the best I can...
Beauty For Ashes

Beauty For Ashes

by | Jul 26, 2021 | Faithfulness, Joy, Peace, Self-Control

Photo by Ivan Torres on Pexels.com This morning I sit in my pj’s, reclined back against the wall, wrapped in my prayer shawl, laptop on my lap, and I remember… I remember leaving the darkness of my pit of addiction and walking into the unknown and...
Control VS. Peace

Control VS. Peace

by | Jul 18, 2021 | Patience, Self-Control

Naps are a ritual for me on my days off. There was a time as an adult when I avoided them because I always woke up more tired than rested and more grumpy than refreshed. But these days that is just not the case. I love them…and God help anyone who wakes me up...
Vantage Points

Vantage Points

by | Jul 18, 2021 | Faithfulness, Goodness

July 17, 2021 The music from my neighbors house tonight pushed me so close to the edge of insanity by dinnertime that I had to get away from it before I blew my stack on an innocent bystander in my home. So I found myself at my favorite place once again seeking quiet,...
Decay

Decay

by | Jul 13, 2021 | Faithfulness, Patience

Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com I visited my least favorite kind of doctor this morning: the dentist. There’s something about scraping and drilling and poking around anywhere in my mouth that makes the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up and...
It Is Well

It Is Well

by | Jun 22, 2021 | Love, Peace

Photo by Lachlan Ross on Pexels.com August 2021 will mark two years that I’ve walked with Jesus–two years that I’ve grown to know Him and love Him through His word and through His very real presence in my life. He’s spoken to me through many...
Missed Opportunities

Missed Opportunities

by | Jun 11, 2021 | Goodness, Love

Photo by Dimitry Zub on Pexels.com I have a superpower. Maybe y’all won’t consider it as such but I do. I discovered it yesterday while on my lunch break at work. Working in the automotive industry I come into contact with several different kinds of...
Hope In The Wreckage

Hope In The Wreckage

by | Jun 4, 2021 | Faithfulness, Joy

Today is my birthday. Today, I am 40 years old. It’s so surreal when I think about it, but it’s true… I’m the big 4-0. Up until yesterday, I was absolutely ecstatic to be celebrating such a ginormous milestone birthday because I should never...
Free to Chase Dandelions

Free to Chase Dandelions

by | May 31, 2021 | Faithfulness, Joy, Peace

Memorial Day is the most challenging day of the year for me. This whole weekend holds bitter and sweet memories that I have not been able to escape in sobriety. So, here I sit to write it all out. Perhaps healing will unfold for me as I do. On a cool spring evening in...