Come and be filled with gratitude and holy wonder with me—how God allows you and I to face the darkness of sin and death that we might come to know the poignancy of the blazing light of Jesus, our God of the Nativity. As a little girl, I struggled with the message of Christmas. The …READ MORE
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Pro-Life Sounds Simple
Pro-life sounds so simple. We love the vibrant life around us, right? The flowers, the trees, little puppies, sweet butterflies, soft squishy babies, and all things great and small that live and breathe. God created the world and thought it was good. It seems like a no-brainer to be pro-life. Why then do so many …READ MORE
Two Heads are Better Than One
People thought I was crazy. I had a little girl and a little boy. Two blue-eyed, blond, curly-haired cherubs made my family complete. Why on earth would we be pregnant again? It’s hard to explain the commitment Alex and I made at our wedding, which included being open to children, in a doctor’s office full …READ MORE
Learning to Ride the Waves – Caring for a Child Who Needs Extra Care
~ When you feel like you are drowning in a sea of medical worry, you must let go of what you thought was your sturdy anchor, and learn to ride the waves. ~ Part One It was a dark evening. No one else was up, and I could hear the trees rustling with the stormy …READ MORE
The Hidden Loss: Letting Go of My Will and Trusting God – Part Two
—Monday, Dave went back to work. Thank God Mom was still there. I was getting sick of waiting for the painkillers to work, so we walked my two-year old and one-year-old to the park. On the way back, right in front of my house, everything suddenly went black. It was like I had gone blind. …READ MORE
The Broken Whole of Me
Years ago, after the birth of my second child, I fell into a postpartum depression. In my early twenties, having managed to leave an abusive husband, I lived with two of my sisters in a home my mom bought. Though we had a close and happy arrangement, after my baby was born, I seemed to …READ MORE
