Nov 29, 2021 | faith, Holidays, Loss, Mental Health, Mindset, Self-care and Resilience, Tracking God
When You Need More Joy The Bible says to rejoice in the Lord always, but it doesn’t leave us there. Tucked at the end of those well-known verses in Philippians it says … because the Lord is near. I pray you know just how close God is and that He definitely sees...
Dec 18, 2019 | faith, inspiration, Loss, Mental Health, Relationship Clutter, Self-care and Resilience
Christmas can bring up so many feelings on all sides of the spectrum. Many are wading through the loss of someone close to them, others are dealing with an unexpected diagnosis, still others are navigating the trickiness of family dynamics at the holidays. It can be a...
Nov 21, 2019 | Emotional Clutter, faith, inspiration, Loss, Mental Health, Self-care and Resilience
We recently had the absolute pleasure of witnessing our son, Cory, being sworn in to serve in the military. It was the culmination of a long season of prayer, difficulties, adventure, heartbreak, tears, and laughter… all the words that seem to describe doing life with...
Dec 11, 2018 | faith, Loss, Uncategorized
My brother, Doug, arrived at my house the day before Thanksgiving. This was the first time seeing him since our dad’s funeral. Doug was already having a funky week, with most of his family unable to be there for the holiday. He kept sighing deeply every few minutes,...
Oct 7, 2018 | faith, inspiration, Loss, Relationship Clutter
I lost my dad this past week, and while he was 92, it was too soon. You may be familiar with some of his story from previous posts (here and here)… but I wanted to share what I said about him during his memorial service, which we called, ‘A Celebration of...
