When I was young, I didn’t think too much about what I would look like when I was 52. But here I is. ;-) However, I sure did have visions of what my life would be like. I was going to work as a pediatrician, marry a handsome man, have 2.5 kids and no dog […]
Today my Google photos made a suggestion for a 2021 year in review photo book. Of course my first thought was that they just want me to spend more money on their products. But as I started looking at my 2021 photos, memories of this past year came flooding back to my mind. In fact, […]
I had just walked off the stage after speaking to a group of women. I was greeted by gracious cheers and people patting me on the back. Then, I came face to face with someone who I deeply admire. “Thank you for being faithful.” Now granted, much of my talk was about being faithful so […]
“I promise I’ll do it” is a phrase I would constantly repeat in the first year of my marriage. Whether I would be referring to washing the dishes or paying a bill, it was one of those things I would just say. I am usually a woman of my word. If I say I’ll do […]
Our first Thanksgiving in Texas was quite memorable, but not because of a festive dinner. We were in the emergency room with our infant son and eventually learned that he had suffered from a stroke. In the months to follow, we saw its impact on his little body. The left side had been affected entirely. […]
As I watch my kids grow in the various stages of their life, I find myself thinking back to my own childhood and I comparing my children to myself at their age. I was recently thinking about my relationship with God in my childhood. It seems that when I compare my relationship to God as […]
Tough Times
This year has been a challenging journey for me. There have been unexpected detours that felt overwhelming and stressful. Truthfully, they left me feeling weary. Some days all I could see was everything that had
