As a child, I don’t remember a day where my mom was not there. I am told my mom had to put me in a home daycare for a week after I was born, so she could transition from day shift to night shift, but I have no memory of that time. I was home…
My husband and I have become Uncle Duane and Auntie Des to many of our friend’s children. It is a role in life that we love! I was reading a scripture passage in Matthew and it caused me to think about some things. “Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay…
How had it come to this? This wasn’t what I envisioned when I first started on this journey. My spirit is warring with my head. It’s as if I have been dragged through the mud, and my soul is feeling the abuse. I am tired. I feel alone. All around me my fellow ladies are…
There was a knot in his cord. It was my third baby, a baby boy. So many others were also pregnant; my best friend, sister-in-law, cousins. All due in the 6 weeks before me. It was exciting to think of us all having little ones the same age, but anxiety overcame me. What if ours…
I look so forward to writing with Kelly Smith. Kelly has a heart for women and is passionate about sharing God’s unfailing love. It’s awesome that we get to live life together with our new writer Kelly. A life filled with encouragement. I get the sense that Kelly is someone that I personally…
After four months of my husband’s unemployment, each day drug on with no end in sight. I had no idea how long it could take to find a simple job. By now, he was ready to apply for anything, no matter how little income it brought in. “If it gets you insurance and pays more…
You have likely faced the frustration of trying to communicate with someone who won’t look up from his or her connection to the Internet. Maybe you have scheduled a special meal to chat with a friend, or you are trying to enjoy a rainy Sunday afternoon catching up with your teenagers, and you just can’t…
Read: John 14:15-21 “If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he…
I met Dr. Michelle Bengtson at the very beginning of last summer. I met her online and made friends with her on Facebook. I discovered Dr. Bengtson when I was searching for writers to join our blog series – God Calm My Anxious Heart. My heart was encouraged as I read through her blog.…
My tone stung the sweet ones. I was sinking fast. Swept by a tidal wave of irritation in the face of disobedience, I felt myself drowning in anger. Exhaustion hung on every cell of my body. All I could think about was how I wanted this moment to be over so I could rest my…
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