Yesterday on my way home from She Speaks, I felt a sudden urging to pull off the highway and pay a visit to the cemetery where Chris is buried. I had already experienced an emotion-packed weekend, and I was full of God’s love yet drained of energy at the same time. So, a cemetery visit…
Dear Holly, My sweet daughter that I have yet to meet…I love you already with a love that could only come from our Creator – God Himself. I can’t wait to tell you all about Him! I think of you all the time. I pray for you daily. I’m not even sure what you look…
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…
Yesterday, my friend and co-worker, Carol, and I went shopping for a basket of goodies for a little boy that just had emergency surgery for a broken arm. Our staff team wanted to cheer him up and give him some fun things to do but enable him to be as still as possible while his arm heals…
I think I struggle the most on the 9th…of each month. As many of you already know, the 9th was the day Chris and I were married (in August a few years back), but we celebrated our anniversary in little ways on the 9th of EVERY month. While our August 9th anniversary was always the…
Sitting alone…me on one bench. Him on the other. I didn’t notice him at first. I was too busy having my own pity party. Here I was…seaside…on the Jersey Shore. Alone. It’s too long of a story to go into what brought me here to begin with (nor does it really matter), but the point…I…
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