Reflections on storytelling, healing, faith, prevention, and the moments that help us move forward.
Sometimes, for me, the love I have for people can make me want to launch into action and fight their battles. I want to take away all of their struggles and remove suffering from their lives. One of the biggest lessons I have learned as an adult is to listen to someone, I love to...
Read MoreYou ever have one of those conversations where you find yourself saying something along the lines of “Logically, in my head I know that’s not the truth, but I can’t make my heart feel the logic.”? I have. Too many times, I have had internal conversations trying to get my head and heart to line...
Read MoreI hear the sadness in your words. Truly, you sound sincere. There was a time, not so long ago, when my heart would break with your tears. I want to. Desperately I want to find some way, for old times’ sake, to reach out and take you in, but all of my cares have disappeared....
Read MoreSo many things come down to choices. Every day, we all make choices. We decide what to wear, are we going to work, what to make for dinner, to work out or not. Some choices are easy. Others cause a little more struggle. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have an internal conversation...
Read MoreYou can have it all. There is nothing you can’t do. All you have to do is push a little harder. You just need to go a little further. After you crush the next goal, you will have everything. Lose ten more pounds, get the next promotion, start that new hobby, get your kids all...
Read MoreI want to take you back to September 1999. I was in the 5th grade. My day had not been good. I got in trouble three times for “not focusing” as my teacher put it. Not only had she gotten on to me, but by the third time she had lost her patience completely and...
Read MoreThis Military life has brought us so many wonderful things. Our family has been able to travel and see so many beautiful places and meet so many amazing humans. Unfortunately, all of these beautiful places are so far away from where our families live. That means we get to do a lot of traveling. I...
Read MoreSo many people are broken before they ever get a chance to understand what grace means. The world can weigh heavy and push anyone to walk away from even an established faith. God doesn’t want your religion he wants your relationship. “Amazing grace how sweet the sound” I remember hearing those beautifully sung words as...
Read MoreI don’t need you. You have planted your feet on that truth. I can see the resignation in your eyes. You didn’t come for a fight. No, you have already made up your mind. But the more ardently you repeat the more I hear me not needing you as less of a fact and more...
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