A wave of anxiety hit me as I dropped my elementary aged son off at school this morning. I prayed a prayer of protection over him as he got out of the car. The school was playing music today as students arrived, but you could […]
It was mid-morning Monday, and I was listening to my “Serotonin Inducing Playlist”, which by the way, if you do not have one, I highly recommend you stop and create one as soon you finish reading this! (Literally just a playlist of songs that specifically […]
Well, it has been a while hasn’t it, and my blog has sat dormant for some time now. I have just walked away from a very difficult season that has consumed all my energies and not allowed room for much of anything else, including writing. […]
“I was protecting my friend…” Jen and her friend had run away together. While on the run, 15-year-old Jen was used for sex, at first to protect her 14-year-old friend from being raped, then sold over and over by those providing them transportation across the […]
I watched it happen right in front of me. “Thank you for sharing your story. It really has helped me to not relapse”. A young woman, struggling with an eating disorder, was thanking a woman a little further down the path for sharing her story. […]
It just keeps coming up. Everywhere I turn, there it is again. “Dream Bigger”… but what does that even mean? I heard it in a talk I was listening to a couple weeks ago, then from a friend. I was flipping through an old notebook […]
“The separation is in the preparation.” Russell Wilson Earlier this week I heard a speaker ask the question – “Has an unexpected opportunity fallen into your lap?” This was one of those moments where, despite a room full of people, it felt like it was […]
Brave….my word for 2017 was Brave. Last January I was expectant as I launched into a new year. I had just taken on a new leadership position at work, I was being stretched and grown though grad school, I was excited for the opportunities the […]
Every morning, eyes wide, he pops up in his bed and whispers,” mama, is it Christmas?” For my three-year-old this has been a season of absolute wonder, joy and delight! Everything feels new for him this year. From the tree, which gets rearranged daily, to […]