Lately, I feel like I've been so distracted. It's always something, my son, my finances, issues with food stamps, the car... So much keeps popping up, it's like I get one problem resolved and something else crops up. Something is ...
I heard the old man’s steps shuffle into my garage, slowly, cautiously. “Are you okay, Ma'am?” I was sitting in a laundry basket, legs draped over the sides. On my face, a pair of spectacles that were not mine, through ...
I may have grown up an only child, but for most of my life, I have spent very little time completely alone - even as a widow. A few weeks ago, after taking my eldest, now-grown child to Portland for ...
It's one of those nights when grief twists inside my body, unravels my emotions, and pokes my mind with the thoughts that "I just can't do this anymore. It's too hard." Eleven years of missing him, missing his arms around ...
It has been an interesting journey, to say the least, over the last two years as I've been learning how to truly walk with God in my daily life as a widow, a mom, and a leader. It hasn't been ...
At one point in the now-distant past, I became a certified yoga instructor. At the same time, Bret got his personal trainer certification, and the two of us were offered jobs at the same gym in San Antonio. Strife always ...
As long as there weren’t any traffic snags, I knew I could drop the kids off at school and still make it to the McDonald’s restroom down the street in the nick of time, without crapping my pants. From there ...