When You Need to Stay with It and Survive
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When You Need the Strength to Stick it Out
Exhaustion is my new best friend. I’ve napped way too much in the last week. Maybe I’m freaked out about the COVID-19 pandemic, or perhaps I’m just transforming into an anxious polar bear desperately in need of hibernation. Either way, this scary season is getting the best of me. I feel like I’m lacking the…
When You Need to Surrender the Unknown to God
Yesterday, I was driving on the way to the store, and my mind started making a mental list of all the concerns that are weighing down on my spirit right now. So much is out of my control and unknown. We are walking through an extended valley season in our world – everywhere my husband…
When It Feels Like Your Life Has Disappeared
This month I feel like my life has disappeared twice. The first time was about 10 days ago. I sat down at my writing desk at the start of the day and opened up my calendar to see my well-thought out list of things to do. When I flipped to the month of March where…
What Happens When You Are No Longer Estranged
At least once a week, a frownie faced toddler looks me in the eye and declares, “You’re not my best friend.” Little man does not like it when he does not get his way, and he communicates his displeasure loudly. I always lean down and plant a big, sloppy kiss on his forehead and let…
When You Need to Shift Your Perspective
Bruce and I were standing in front of a photograph, and I was squinting. “I don’t see it. I am terrible at these things,” I grumbled. My husband chucked and encouraged me to take two steps back and then shift my gaze a little to one brilliant spot on the right side of the photo….