I’m almost always sick in the winter months. I fight like a tiger to keep germs at bay. Bleach and hot water are constant companions. …
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What Is Home Anyway?
My sister and her husband just came back from a week of rest. And I mean REST with a capital R-E-S-T. Turns out the place …
Read More »Running Forward
I was never a gifted athlete. I was one of those kids assigned to a team in elementary school gym class when the options dwindled. …
Read More »A Thanksgiving to Remember
Many years ago, I was a young Navy wife living in Long Beach, California. My husband, on sea duty, had been deployed overseas for eight …
Read More »Politics and Jesus
Most of my Christian friends are Republican. They think the opposition is the devil. They think the only people worth voting for are Christians, regardless …
Read More »Digging Out the Truth
Can you imagine if everything you focused your mind on today was captured on film and made into a vast collage—hanging out there for all …
Read More »Painful Learning
With my first pregnancy and delivery, I got my Ph.D. in pain. Looking back now, what makes me most sad is remembering how innocent I …
Read More »Finding Purpose and Healing
There will come a time in your life when you will have no answers and wonder how you can make it one more day. It …
Read More »A Life of Purpose
At 55 I found myself alone, my life seemingly without purpose. As a single mom for many years, just keeping myself and my four sons …
Read More »The Color of Contentment
How do we achieve contentment? People have asked this question since the beginning of time. Families that live in mansions are sometimes miserable, while the …
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