The tears that fell at the orchestra’s first notes surprised me. John and I attended a Christmas concert in mid-December with some friends. I was excited to relax and enjoy an evening out after a much too busy week. We were just five days away from our family’s Christmas celebration weekend and things were not coming together…
Stories of Grace and Faith
What If We Change Our Words?
“No matter what I do I just can’t seem to lose weight.” “I’m so tired.” “I hurt all the time.” I have said all three of those sentences multiple times within the past 30 days. But this week I heard something that revolutionized my thinking and subsequently, the words I speak. I was listening to a…
Shhhh . . .
You know those crazy moments in life? Company is on the way, your house is a mess, and you really aren’t in the mood to have guests anyway. In fact, what you’d like to do more than anything else is curl up in the fetal position and have a good cry. If you could actually…
Is There Ever a Happy Season?
The other day my friend posed this question on Facebook: “Is anyone ever truly 100% happy where they’re at, in the season that they’re in, without struggle? I feel like we go from seasons of challenges and struggles, to MORE (but different) challenges and struggles. It truly steals my joy some days, and it’s so…
Do Your Dreams Really Mean Something?
Do you have recurring dreams? Sure, we all have that dream about showing up for the first day of school and not being able to find our classroom. It doesn’t take much of a dream interpreter to figure that one out. We do all have that dream, right? Personally, I have a whole mini-series of…