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So…I don’t usually do this. Not sure why I feel this urge to do it, but I do, so I’ve learned to follow those urges as there could be, probably is, a reason beyond my understanding.  What you are about to read is my heart in its shattered state after a rare deep conversation with my son. Continue reading “That one thing…”

Some moments in time are just moments.  Others make a lasting impact.  And then, there are those moments in time that last forever. Real, true, undeniable beauty, overflowing from the heart. A shining jewel, a piercing, yet gentle bright light, touching without touch. Making life better. Brightening a day here, lifting the fog of sadnessContinue reading “In Loving Memory of Mary”

I came, I saw, but I didn’t conquer. Better than that. I was conquered. Me…and all that I think I am or am not, was forcefully moved out of the way and with that big mess set aside, I breathed in spiritually and saw and felt at a level I can’t even begin to describe.Continue reading “I came, I saw…”

In this Easter season, I find myself wondering about the people who knew or knew of Jesus and lived when He walked among them.  I wonder what that was like.  And I wonder where I would have been if I had been there. Maybe I’m here, in this crowd.  Come with me and see. I am a part ofContinue reading “Easter Reflections”

I am Woman.  Hear me roar.  Several lines of this classic song have been going through my head for…oh, about a month and a half now.  Can’t you hear my roar?  No?  Maybe it’s in secret code.  Or maybe it’s only for select audiences.  Namely, an audience of one.  Me. So I had another adventure in theContinue reading “I am (not) an Independent Woman”

You do what you gotta do.  You do a lot of praying, a lot of wishing and wondering and questioning and searching, while just trying to function at some small fraction of a normal level.  You’re overwhelmed, overloaded, and over-exhausted.  But because of the hope in Jesus Christ and His grace, you make it throughContinue reading “It is what it was”

My flower bed has a story to tell.  Now I know what you’re thinking:  “Huh? You want me to read a story about plants telling a story?”  Wait, please don’t stop reading.  Work with me here as I share an analogy that God revealed to me. I have a 25 year old flower bed in myContinue reading “The beauty of ugly weeds”

I went to Israel last summer.  Wow. God allowed me to live a dream not dreamed of.  It was a God-sized dream, a dream that in my most improbable imaginings I had never thought of.  And because it was God’s dream for me, it was just perfect.  You know how sometimes you plan a dream vacation andContinue reading “God allowed me to live a dream not dreamed of (7/17/13 Fulfilling the dream not dreamed of Part 2)”

Time stopped. It had to have stopped because suddenly I was in forever. And ever. Yet it wasn’t forever. It was only moments that I could not recognize. The battlefield was a mess. Littered with debris of what little remained of the thoughts that I could handle this. Joining the debris of my thoughts wereContinue reading “Wonder Woman…no, just me”

GPS is a wonderful thing. Like a truly, incredibly wonderful thing. It has real potential to get me to anywhere unfamiliar without unplanned side trips to who knows where. I am what I like to call “Directionally Challenged”. But really, the more accurate description would be “Directionally Completely, Totally Lacking”. I have no sense ofContinue reading “Where Am I?”