The Gentleness of God
We met once a month at her house and we’d always sit on the couch with all the flowers that overlooked her garden. Her pup would sit between us on the cushions and sleep for the hour and a half we’d...
View Article490 Planks
I did it again. I took my eyes off the mountain for just a minute and the pull of the valley brought me back low. The chaotic drama woke up a mama bear from hibernation, and though the situation had...
View ArticleLoving Yourself Enough To Do The Scary Things
The arena was jam-packed with women wearing their Sunday and Monday and Thursday and Saturday best. Their accessories matched their pocketbooks which matched their shoes which matched their Bible...
View ArticleWhen Desperation Drives You to Finally ASK
EVIDENTLY, this is my personal website. As in, MINE. ALL MINE. Yet I’ve been so utterly and completely focused on Be Still Be Free that I’ve let this poor little site wither like a grape. And now we’re...
View ArticleWhen God is Gentle, Even When He Shouldn’t Be
I’m sharing over at Be Still Be Free today, in our new blog linkups! Hop on over to read and link up! It was one of the darkest times of my life, and yet I drove there and parked the car and walked...
View ArticleEnjoying the Getting to There
We’ve been driving for more than five hours. The rain is falling in droves around us, and the kids are quietly playing, I am quietly reading, Greg’s mom is quietly doing crossword puzzles, and Greg and...
View ArticleDollar Store Christmas
The house is still…I’m the only one awake at 6:15 on a Saturday morning and I’m flummoxed as to why I’m even awake, yet here I sit — taking in the quiet, the peace, the reflection. Our stockings are...
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