To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. (Isaiah 61:3 NLT) I love tree pose and I love trees.…
I’ve found that writing in the moment of a thought or a feeling has done me much better as of late than sitting on something to write about and work through later. So right now, I’m writing from the passenger seat of our family van on the way home from vacation. We’re in the rainy…
About a week ago, my mother and I took my 7 year old daughter to New York City on a trip organized by her school. I went to New York in 2014 and visited the city for a few hours one day, and ever since then, she’s been saying that seeing it for herself –…
I’ve been mulling over the idea of happiness for years, but every once in a while, a small little moment slaps me in the face with these amazing and wonderful realizations. I saved the picture above a few weeks ago to my phone just because I thought it was cute. I never had any…
You know how it goes. You buy a new car you’ve barely seen, and suddenly, it’s everywhere. Everyone has one. This happened to me a few years ago. I bought a Ford Escape in a blue color that, honestly, I hated. But it was the more practical of the two SUV options I had in…
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. | Og Mandino You reap what you sow. And about a week ago or so, I was seriously considering sowing some rotten seeds just to be spiteful for rotten seeds being planted in a garden close to mine. But I’m thankful for…
Yesterday had been a day, y’all. And not necessarily for good reasons. I was brutally reminded what happens when you join someone else’s fight, and defend yourself, what you believe in, and those who may not be able to defend themselves. Last night I went to bed consumed by hate. Not that I hated anyone, but…
Just a heads up, this post doesn’t have a lot to do with my faith walk, but I really believe it has a lot to do with my growth as a person and this sort of enlightenment journey I’m on. (Don’t freak out if that sounds super Buddhist or Hindi to you. I’m not testing…
Maybe because I just listened to a message at church about “not checking your brain at the door” (about how intellectual people can be people of great faith), or maybe I’m just petty, or possibly a little hormonal (not pregnant, just female), but on our way home today, as we listened to our local Christian…
The above URL is the blog I created in the wake of my affair and “fall from grace” as some would call it. I didn’t feel safe writing here where everyone I know knows I write, knows what my blog site is (follow my blog, in some cases), and has so many opinions about what…
I’m learning that few can be trusted when you’re honest like me. I’m learning that there won’t be anyone in your corner when you decide things for yourself like me. I’m learning that there’s no peace for people who stir the pot like me. I’m learning that there’s no free speech when you’re loud like…
When I left my husband a few months ago, I lost a lot.An entire church community, friends, family, everything: gone. I gained a lot, though (but I’ll get to that in a second). I gave my life to Christ in 2011 but in the last 2-3 years, I’ve been getting hurt a lot by God’s…
