Pain can feel like protection. If I hold it tight, no one can tell me to move on. No one can rush me. No one can take what's left. I'm guessing I'm not the only one who has held pain this way. Close to the chest. Quiet. Guarded. Some days it feels like the last piece...
Thanksgiving can be a complicated day when someone you love is missing. There’s gratitude, yes — but there’s also an ache that tends to rise a little closer to the surface. If your table looks different this year, or if the day feels both full and tender, this prayer...
When God Hears but Doesn’t Answer: Unanswered Prayers & Faith
Stop Waiting for “When” — Start Living the Life God Designed for You Now My sweet Annie used to say: “Mom, I’ll get to come home more often WHEN I’m finally self-employed.” “I’ll get more sleep and start paying attention to my health WHEN I land more accounts… when I...
There’s something I wish more people talked about when it comes to grief: How hard it can be to pray. In the first year after losing our daughter, I struggled to form the words. Honestly, I still do. Heading into this third year of grief, I often find myself empty—too...
On September 1993, my husband and I stood at the bathroom counter for what seemed like an eternity, watching as the center of the test stick revealed a big plus. The first words out of my husband's mouth were, "Now, what do we do?" THE question we all ask. Oh, how we...
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