An extraordinary exchange

“One more thing,” my counselor said as I was leaving, “I think you should reach out to her this week.” The next couple of days seemed to drag on forever. I couldn’t quite figure out how to initiate a text. What do you write? How do you push send? Debilitating fear was my constant companion […]

The first holiday without your kids is just plain hard. I spent Thanksgiving 2013 at my parents’ house on their couch (my grandparents were living in their guest room), and I remember waking up in the middle of the night with an overwhelming sadness and a sense of sheer panic. I wasn’t used to being […]

The summer after my senior year of high school I attended an out-of-state conference with my youth group. We signed up for a large outdoor weekend event in Arizona and piled into a bus for our road trip. I had been praying and preparing for this conference; I was excited to go and see what […]

I’m going to do a 4-part series in October entitled “The path.” Each Friday I will share part of my journey and how God prepared me for every painful step ahead of me. He often gave me a hint of what was coming next which brought me so much peace and helped me keep my […]

I’ve loved Jesus for as long as I can remember. I committed my life to Christ at a young age and always enjoyed a close relationship with Him. I felt like He and I communicated pretty well. In typical girl fashion I would talk and talk and He would listen. I would sense promptings from […]

In 2013 my marriage unraveled. Years of deterioration collided with tragedy and loss and I found myself in a place of hopelessness and despair. I remember being paralyzed in my own pain, unable to function and on some days I couldn’t even get out of bed. I met with my counselor and desperately pleaded with her […]