Wife, Mom, Music Instructor, Bible Teacher, Writer
This past weekend I was suppose to run a marathon. Instead, I ran a sunny, laughter filled 11 miles with my running partners. Like many Spring plans, training came to a screeching halt 9 weeks ago when I could no longer run the long miles with my running partner, and the uncertainty of race day …
I have had two sweet friends this Spring lose babies due to miscarriage. I say due to miscarriage because that is the medical name given when the baby dies in utero. But is that really what is the cause? Every once in a while my kids ask why our third child died in miscarriage. How …
2020 will be a year for the history books. A year that will change our entire world. A year that woke us all up to the value of hand washing with soap (Yes, kids, I really did mean use soap. Sigh.). A year where families regained all the missed time together due to busy schedules. …
Hitting Bottom Last November, I sat in tears with my son’s therapist, at the residential treatment center where he had been living for over a year. Lack of sleep that week had turned into despair, as we continued to face uncertainty about whether or not he could move home. The despair began to snowball into …
“O Joy, that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to Thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be.” George Mattheson’s hymn, “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go” has been a constant thread in my head these last few …
To the Mover of Mountains: I see you. I see your mountains, your majestic peaks Your breathtaking vistas that you have painted With a hand that can wield a sword And can wipe a tear In the power of the storm And in the lacey labyrinth of a snowflake In your detailed care of creation …
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