A Time of Quiet Restlessness

A Time of Quiet Restlessness

Dear “Let’s Get On With It” Me, Life isn’t always what I build it up to be in my mind. This isn’t what I expected. God, why am I stuck here? What’s the plan, man? Has anyone ever been here beside me? Guess what girlie 

What The New Mom Friend Really Needs

What The New Mom Friend Really Needs

“The days are long but the years are short”… yeah, she knows. Trust me. She can look back in her camera roll to last week and can’t explain to you how long ago those days seem. She also can’t explain how her baby has changed 

Is It God Talking To You?

Is It God Talking To You?

Dear Christian Learning to Trust, How does God talk to you? Seriously! Not your “church” answer, but really, in your own daily life, how does God talk to you? Is it gentle nudges or neon signs? I’m a plain talker. I don’t use big words 

There’s Still Good – Go Look

There’s Still Good – Go Look

Dear Members of the Human Race, There have been some folks “acting ugly” lately. Just look around and you’ll see it – people filled with hate, criticism, greed, negativity, and just plain old meanness. If I catch my kids behaving like what I’ve seen out 

Flip Flop Fifty. Is life giving you flip flops?

Flip Flop Fifty. Is life giving you flip flops?

Dear Mid-life me, Don’t ever think that you are settled in, having regular daily life all figured out for the foreseeable future. Nope. As soon as you get too comfy God will shake it up. Shake YOU up. Time for a flip flop! From 49 

How Two Words Refined My Attitude

How Two Words Refined My Attitude

Have you ever been there: folding the laundry, searching for lost socks, placing your grocery order to pick up on the way home from work, scrubbing the dishes and wondering how food that once was crave-worthy now looks so gross, and thought to yourself, “I’m