This is certainly not a “picture perfect pose” for Mother’s Day. Just keeping it real… As you may have realized from my last post, I was most hesitant about my first Mother’s Day without Joel. He was so good to me in this area of honor, and while I don’t deserve anything…he always made me…
He had a way of making every holiday special. While decorating for the major holidays as always been “my thing”, Joel made sure I felt loved and treasured on even the minor holidays. Mother’s Day. It hurts to type those two words. It brings with it pain on many levels…some of those reasons I choose…
Hard to believe Joel took his last breath on earth and his first breath in Heaven three months ago today. And…the pain of watching that with my own eyes will never go away. The precious respiratory therapist (who happened to be a co-worker of his) was so gentle and sweet with him as she removed the…
You know the headache that doesn’t seem to go away no matter what you try…medicine, nap, essential oils. neck massage? Or…how about the arthritis in your knee you feel with every step you take? Perhaps for you…it’s constant reflux that aggravates your core and can only be controlled with medicine. For me, it’s the ache…
In one of my favorite devotionals I tend to read year-after-year, Jesus Calling, I was nailed with this one yesterday morning… Do not long for the absence of problems in your life. That is an unrealistic goal, since in this world you will have trouble (John 16:33). You have an eternity of problem-free living reserved…
Joel always called his first-born, his precious daughter Amy, his “go girl”. I’ll be honest…I never asked the meaning behind the name. So, I don’t know what it meant between the two of them. But…she is definitely a go woman! As another first-born, I can resonate greatly with many of the things Amy does, as…
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