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Do you ever really wonder what happens behind the scenes? The picture shows a moment in time but the script behind that moment is sometimes too painful for words. We all have struggles. There are unspeakable disappointments and hearts that have been broken to pieces that come together in a single moment to portray that second we decide to stand in faith and expose ourselves in the middle of a…

I woke up feeling unsettled. I try every single day to look past the ugliness but it follows me and taps me on the shoulder. Look, here I am! Today

I will continue to have faith in Gods Word. Only He Gets to define how I live and how I treat others. Society is not the gauge to measure myself against. Respectfully, the opinions of others hold little value. I will never tell anyone how to live…

You do not have to invite everything in that knocks on your door. You are the gatekeeper of your home and you get to decide what you allow in and what you need to kick to the curb. Put these things where they belong. Guard your door.

Offense

Gossip

Unforgiveness

Blame

Resentment

Bitterness

Hatred

Despair

Negativity

Fear

Forgiveness

Love

Grace

Mercy

Encouragement

Acceptance

Peace

Kindness

Self…

Have you ever tried to use one container for vinegar and oil? No matter how much you shake it or how quick you flip the bottle to pour it out, it’s the oil that’s always on the surface. It’s almost the way people are divided today. No matter how much life tries to shake us to come together, there we sit in the layer that’s feels most comfortable. Today there is a call for people to be that place…

One day we woke up to a world that had changed. We had become people who became offended when something was not the way we expected it to be. We thought life was a drive up window and believed it was our right to order the world up the way we like it and riot and throw tantrums when we didn’t like what we saw. We have become a society of selfishness and entitlement. I want it now and I want it…

I remember how exhausted I felt when my kids were younger. There was always something to do and even when we were home it was laundry, homework, projects, chaos. The one thing missing from our lives was quiet and downtime. Life was like a merry go round that just kept spinning and I wanted to jump off. Day after day it was the same thing until we fell into bed exhausted preparing to do it…

The sun came out here for the first time in 8 days. I’m counting my blessings in little things like a few hours of sunshine. How is everyone holding up? We are all in these unsettling days together so I wanted to reach out and just say hi and see how everyone is holding up. There’s nothing better than a community that stays connected. Blessings to all!

I remember when we put our daughter on the plane on January 6th. She was flying to Rome by herself to study abroad. My mamas heart was torn as she walked through security and disappeared from our sight. We told her to expect the unexpected and stay calm through the things that didn’t go the way we meticulously planned.

We had no idea that those words would lead to her coming home early and…

As so many sit in fear over the thought of isolating for 14 days, I sit here by the bedside of a little boy. He doesn’t get to go to school like other children. His momma can’t do the things we take for granted like run to the store, take a long shower or lay down to take a nap. She can’t go out for lunch or on dates with her husband. They are isolated all the time. Isolation has become their new…

What you invite in will make itself at home.

Guard your heart and mind and distance yourself from bitterness and negativity.

Be a light. Be an encourager.

These are crazy times we are living in. This morning I was certain I woke up in the twilight zone. Schools are switching to online instruction, sports are shutting down, concerts are being canceled. Even SAT testing is being postponed and there is hardly a roll of toilet paper sitting on the store shelf. Sometimes when everything is spinning out of control I ask the question where are you God and…

Is your well being and happiness based on circumstances and your expectations of what your life should look like?

As I sit here thinking about the past six months I have to laugh. Never in a million years would I have guessed that my husband would lose his job and my daughter would be sent home from a semester in Italy due to an unexpected virus. There have been other things too that are less…

Disappointment: unhappiness or sadness from the failure of something hoped for.

Disappointment doesn’t respond to tears. It doesn’t respond to logical arguments or talking about details. It doesn’t respond to the words…this isn’t the end of the world because for someone in this moment it feels like it is.

Disappointment does respond to empathy and encouragement and a silent supportive energy…

Life doesn’t always look the way we think it will. We have a path perfectly mapped out and in an instant that path gets ripped out from underneath our feet. Sometimes we have to pause and regroup until the world stops spinning and we get to step off of the disappointment and chaos that’s trying to keep us in that uncomfortable place. Reality is knowing that when one path leads to a dead end there…

Sometimes we are in a constant state of busy and distraction. It’s easy to forget that our life has a predetermined set of days, hours and minutes. We get so caught up in the things that don’t matter that we don’t leave enough time for the people who do. Look up from whatever it is you’re doing. Eliminate the things that do not serve you and keep the things and people who do. Never withhold love…

We have the power to cripple the people in our life but we also have the power to teach them to fly. I can do this with anyone who crosses my path. So many of us don’t know what love is supposed to look like. We want so much to be needed that we fall into a pattern of making the people around us needy. We gain this sense of purpose when we can fix things or save people from uncomfortable…

Sometimes our eyes deceive us. Isn’t it amazing how 2 people can see exactly the same thing, yet not agree on the way it looks? I realize more and more that the filter we look through determines what and how we see. Do you know anyone who looks through a filter of anger and resentment? How about someone who looks through a filter of denial? Love? Gratitude? Thankfulness? Forgiveness? Grace? We…