Better Than I Could Ever ImagineI tried a new recipe that I had to double for our family. I added the butter, sugar and eggs, but it didn't look quite right. I still...
Tend Your FireNever let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord. When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you...
Courage to Open the DoorMotherhood can feel isolating and lonely. There are times when I'm so desperate for someone to say, "Me, too!" We need our people, our...
When You Have Too Many PlatesWhen I got married, I registered for the same dishes my cousin had registered for the year before. I didn't know it at the time and...
When You're Afraid You're Too MuchI stood in church, mouthing the words to a song, tears sliding down my cheeks. Well-versed in the covert methods of crying, I casually...
Choosing Each OtherIn Hebrews 12:1-2, we're told to run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our...
BoundariesIce crystals hung precariously from the "closed" sign as I nudged up against it. Light snow toppled over my boots as my skis clanked...
A Christmas Story for EveryoneShe climbed into my lap with her footy jammies on and her hair still damp from the bath. The exhaustion of the day was pressed into my...
Let Love Be LoudLife can sneak up on us and we don't realize that we are carrying a burden that is far heavier than we are intended to carry. Matthew...