Lillie-Mae Elizabeth Guess was born at home, a planned natural birth, in the humid heat of August. It will forever be a landmark memory of something I dreamed about doing many years before she was born! God was faithful to carry me emotionally and physically through pregnancy and her birth! She was healthy, thriving, and continues to be one of three of God’s greatest blessings in my life! (Read her birth story)
I used to keep piles of things I wanted to keep in a corner on my desk, untouched, just piling up, until one day I started putting them in a box. That box got full, so I got another box. Thus creating the memory box! (keep reading)
I really thought after the divorce I would learn how to ride a motorcycle or play the drums.
Turns out I’m just going to
wear the same hat every day...
clear out new paths...
learn to crank any small engine...
and haul a bench into my woods
to have coffee and watch the sunset. (Keep reading)
This past Sunday morning I made a breakfast spread for my kids. But even a simple task like that has me asking something you might relate to: “What does God want from me?” The answer is simple and oh so complicated… it’s obedience!
He wants to come into your situation and do what only He can do. (keep reading)
“The right woman will talk to the Lord about you. The wrong woman will talk to her friends about you.”
I do’t know where that quote is from, but a friend shared it with me 12 years ago. It is still very hurtful yet promising reminder of how friendship should be.
When does the gossip and the slander and the turning away stop?
When do we collectively decide to come alongside women when the hurt/sin/trauma/disappointment is bing in their lives versus creating our own narrative taken to others? (keep reading)
