Empty Nest Mom | Making Peace with Letting Go I am an Empty Nest Mom. Our youngest son loves raspberries. For several years, each time I went grocery shopping I searched for luscious-looking raspberries, so I could purchase them to bring home as a surprise. He was always excited, and usually proceeded to demolish the…
I Am a Soldier’s Mom | Learning to Let Go Finding Hope in the Trenches Please scroll all the way to bottom of post for helpful resources for service members and their loved ones. “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior…
How to Cultivate Hope in Difficult Seasons Finding Hope When It’s Hard So…you’re walking through a season When Hope is Hard. If you haven’t read my previous post sharing my current season, you may follow the above link and do so now. I’ll wait for you. Now that you’re back, maybe you’d like some oh-so-practical…
When Hope is Hard Seeing God at Work in Difficult Seasons “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with…
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 Lessons Learned from Autumn When I was young, Summer was my favorite. Despite my love of school, those three glorious months of freedom held promise: my birthday, sprinklers, bike rides, swimming, ice cream. My exuberant youth welcomed the…
“A joyful heart is good medicine” Proverbs 17:22 This is my birthday month. I turned fifty-four. I know this to be true, because I’m positive of my birth year, and I did the math. Several times. Fifty-four. FIFTY-FOUR! Wait…I’m Fifty-Four?! Mid-Life Crisis Time? Honestly, I don’t know how that happened. Time is fleeting and all…