"No matter how much growth I make on my journey through loss and restoration, I still go through times of testing. Darn. The last month has been like that. What I think I have processed and laid to rest, seems to get resurrected by triggers that taunt in unhealthy, emotional ways........."
Read moreDeep roots
"Yesterday one of my kids had a tooth removed. Normally, I don't see this as an option because you'd rather keep a tooth than lose it. This tooth however, was one he could afford to do without. It added little to no value to his ability to chew and eat, and he has plenty more."
Read moreDivine windows in time
"Sometimes the best people, places, or purposes in life are sitting right before us, and yet, they are somehow hard to see....... until the right time. A divine appointment....... the pieces come into place after wondering how it all fits together........ and then suddenly everything makes sense..........."
Read moreHope is a heartbeat
"Wow, what surreal moments have encapsulated my emotions over the last few years. From love lost, new life given, multiplications of second chances, and a future looking so bright........
Hope is the heartbeat of my life."
Read moreThe East Coast "Wave" is coming.
It's coming.... can you hear it? Can you feel it? Can you sense it? "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever." — The Book of Deuteronomy 29
Read moreLife in the face of loss.
"So.... it's amazing how many actions and emotions are based on the fear of "loss." I know that word is broad and wide, however, can be applied to a variety of issues in life. It's safe for me to say I have faced and compiled a whole host of experiences in which it does apply and speak from that "pulpit" or platform."
Read moreFirmly Planted
"The way I change my life is getting down and dirty, doing the work it takes to get where I need or desire to be. At times I have felt my heart unable to take any more impacts, or even impulses, whether good or bad. It's kind of tough to describe......"
Read moreUshering in renewal.
"We are home for a few days after our snowy travels and some of the best boys volleyball Logan's played since Southern CA. So thankful to take part in such a great caliber of competition. It has brought out the best........"
Read moreSurreal moments
"A dose of reality hit tonight as Logan told me the second semester of his senior year in HS will begin tomorrow. He scraped his last lunch tray with friends who will have a different lunch period than he. I somehow still can't get over the surreal feelings I continue to have......."
Read moreAn Altered State of the Heart.
I find myself coming out of a several year "heart coma", meaning a "state of deep unconsciousness, usually due to an injury or traumatic event."
Read moreBeing real.
"In the last few years, I have encountered and engaged many types of people. I have had the great pleasure of meeting all kinds from coast to coast, on the many ventures we have had. As I share my raw emotion, others are enabled to be real themselves........ and open up."
Read moreSharing Secrets.
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past."
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