Brokenhearted, I laid my head down on the table on our porch and pray-cried, feeling every mom-inadequacy rising up within me. My daughter had just left for a place I didn’t want her going, and now the last words we spoke were fighting words – another round of a battle that we are both exhausted […]
It’s the time of year when my husband starts getting giddy with garden plans. He starts making plots on grid paper with the ingredients of our future menu plans. It’s equal parts impressive and insane. But I love how excited he gets as he checks the seed trays every day to look for signs of […]
Hang on, friend. Or better yet, fasten your seatbelt. Life can be brutal sometimes. There are times it tosses you around, back and forth, waves crashing over your head, leaving you gasping for air. Maybe you are in peaceful waters right now – what a blessing! Enjoy it! Gain strength, celebrate, and be grateful to […]
She was so lonely. And so, so desperate. She was tired of being rejected, isolated, embarrassed, and taken advantage of. Even as she sat there, contemplating what to do, the familiar stench from 12 years of continual bleeding circled around her. She had tried to do things the “right way,” according to Jewish law. She […]