Today I'm writing over at Keeping It Personal for their Favorite Quote Friday. I'm sharing my thoughts on one of my favorite quotes (see above). I hope you will stop by and read my blog post HERE. Plus it's always fun to discover another encouraging website. Continue Reading
Life as a Mom of a YouTube Prankster – JStuStudios
(my son, Justin, and our puppy, Teddy Bear) For years, people, especially Christian parents, judge my son. I know because either other parents, kids or Justin tells me. They think Justin is a negative influence on their kids because he is goofy. They think he's immature, so they want to protect their kids from my son. That in itself is comical Continue Reading
Not Allowed To Cry?
On Saturday, I spoke to a group of single moms about beauty in brokenness. Afterwards, I got mad when I learned one mom was taught as a child not to cry. This precious heart wiped her tears away as fast as she could and said "I'm sorry." "It's okay. Tears are a good thing. Tears heal us." Earlier this year during a Bible study, I met a young gal Continue Reading
I Quit
(Do you like my grumpy growl? Not my best photo, but have to share a real face I make. Because this is NOT an air-brushed blog.) Have you ever been so tired of the stress of life that you want to scream, "I quit!"? Well, I'm there. But not in a bad way, in a good way. Sometimes it's just plain good to quit. To give up something in order to embrace Continue Reading
Writing About My First Job
Today I'm guest posting over at Red Letter Believers. This summer David is featuring stories about first jobs or summer jobs, so I spent time remembering and then writing mine. I found it quite interesting to see the connection to my life today. I'm currently relearning those lessons from long, long ago. Visit me here as I share about Continue Reading
When Will You Believe This?
It's that time of year again. Time for our annual family vacation. :) This time to the beach. And because of that, I'll be posting less over the next week plus. (Thank God for a friend who will house sit and care for our dogs while we're away) Until then, please remember who YOU are in God's eyes. Beautiful. Brave. Beloved. QUESTION: Do you Continue Reading