An extraordinary exchange

The boys and I were at the beach with my BFF, Angela, and her family when I listened to the voice mail from my FH (former husband), telling me he was engaged. I remember hearing something like, “I didn’t want you to hear this through the grapevine.” It was July 2014 and we had been […]

I actually wrote about this topic recently but am feeling COMPELLED to write more. God has really been showing me truth in this area and I feel like, just maybe, I’m not the only one who needs to hear it. The boys and I are doing an Ephesians Bible study together this summer. It has […]

I had just started my pedicure when he walked through the door. I could tell he was a regular by the way the staff greeted him and he seemed so happy to be there. They sat him next to me and the nail tech helped him remove his shoes and socks before he plunged his […]

I recently went to the movies with Jake, I somehow talked him into seeing Toy Story 4 with me. It was so much fun! It was spontaneous so we arrived right at the end of the previews (perfect timing if you ask me). I remember thinking, “That was easy,” after we purchased the tickets. There […]

We had moved 16 times in our 16 years of marriage and the last move was perhaps the hardest. It wasn’t a big one in terms of distance (just an hour and fifteen minutes down the interstate), but it took a huge emotional toll on me. We were living in Severance (a town near Ft. […]

I like to fly Southwest. But flyer beware: if you don’t pay for their automated EarlyBird check-in or you forget to check in, you’ll typically end up at the end of the B’s or even in the C’s and C stands for “crowded.” Most of the time when that happens you get to pick who […]

What do you think about when you look at me I know we’re not the fairy tale you dreamed we’d be You wore the veil, you walked the aisle, you took my hand And we dove into a mystery How I wish we could go back to simpler times Before all our scars and all […]

I’ve been thinking so much about love lately. Not the Hallmark movie kind of love (although that version is one of my favorites…it’s light, fun and yes, a little bit cheesy), but what it means to love and be loved. Because I’ve learned something over the past few years: understanding and experiencing God’s love allows […]

I often think of my darkest days and also my most anxiety-filled moments, they sometimes come at me like a flash and other times they persist. There are times when I give them more space as I process the past and embrace the gratitude that history has offered me. God gave me the most amazing […]

I’m really looking forward to writing this post because it’s a tribute to a friend of 30+ years. I met her in college after going on a missions trip with her boyfriend/future husband who happened to be my FH’s (former husband’s) best friend. She has always been such a ray of sunshine and is adored […]