Author: Leah Stirewalt

  • Performance Living

    Going through the motions. That’s what I’m doing these days. The motions…of simply living, that is. I wake. I perform my morning routine.I arrive at work. I perform my workday routine.I return home. I perform my evening routine. Sometimes, I just sit…performing my “nothingness routine”. As I pondered this last night, I began to think…

  • The Grief Marathon

    Sometimes I think running a marathon would be easier. Before setting out on the 26.2 mile race, one hopefully trains extensively…body and mind. The big day comes, and if well-trained, the race is no doubt difficult, but possible! Just when you think you can’t run another step, you see the sign along the path that…

  • Angels Among Us

    Several days ago, God began blessing my daughter and me through a most unexpected, yet very generous & simply unbelievable, way. Last Wednesday, December 14, we were greeted with a beautiful basket containing candy, ornaments, and other amazing goodies and a card that contained the following excerpt… “Dear Leah and Anna,This is the beginning of…

  • I Don’t Know Why…

    I really can’t think of any reason why God continues to bless me like He does. There are so many other people that deserve blessing far more than I do. There are women experiencing their first Christmas as a widow and are even more lonely than myself. There are so many unemployed moms and dads this…