Photo Credit I often process my day on the phone with best friend while I am driving home from work. We don’t get to chat as often now that I am no longer single, and she is no longer childless. But, we try to steal pockets of time when we can. Every once in…
Photo Credit I stood eye to eye with my best friend at the end of the conference. We spoke life over each other and committed to keep fighting the good fight together. I honestly don’t remember much from that day, but this one moment keeps replaying in my mind. Beth Moore speaks, and we…
Photo Credit My soon-to-be husband decided to step forward and get into the ring. On a fateful day that forever changed my life, he bellied up to the kitchen counter at my parent’s home and went “mano a mano” with the Macho Cuban padre himself. Okay, maybe he didn’t exactly duel my dad, but he…
Photo Credit We are remodeling the house. My life is in boxes cluttering up the living room, and the upheaval makes me frazzled. This weekend, I had 10 million trillion things to do. I wanted to run away and hide. To top it off, I looked at my calendar, and I’d set aside Sunday…
Photo Credit For seven years, I dragged myself out of bed every morning and made myself go to work. The shards of my lacerated heart pierced my mind and darkness flooded every corner. I struggled to just breathe. On the back wall of my classroom, the words of the psalmist spoke of healing in a…
Is May really over? Where did my Spring go? Time is slipping through my fingers, and I want to grab it back. As an exercise of gratitude and grace, I am stopping today to share lessons learned in hopes of capturing those moments before the memory fades. I discovered a sugar-free recipe dessert that my…