We shouldn’t have made it. Our little savings inevitably ran out long before work showed up. We had pinched pennies in every way I could think of. We’d done without a lot. We’d lived on next to nothing. But one … Continue reading
That day, I chose to let a dream die. I chose to unwrap it, and to place it and my now unplanned future into the capable hands of the One who knows our end from the beginning. I thought my … Continue reading
I was in seventh grade when I had a collision with history that changed a little bit of my life view. It was the day when suddenly the facts and figures of World War II and the Holocaust clicked together … Continue reading
I’ve learned that I’m rarely right about what’s going to happen next. Just when I think I’ve got it figured out, a new door opens. Life takes a curve in a new direction. The impossible happens. Something changes. It keeps … Continue reading
I think that every day lately feels like a “new experience” in a rather literal sense. It seems like every time I think I know what’s going on, it changes a little bit. It’s not a bad thing—and what I’m … Continue reading
I missed a few days due to unforeseen circumstances.. This is the brief verision of the days I missed to catch me up. H is for happiness. Not just the momentary high of a good time, or laughter, but the … Continue reading
I lean my head back. My eyes are tired from hours of squinting at lines of code, and masses of words. I’m trying to collect the fragments of my thoughts into a place where they can transform from a untidy … Continue reading
I’ve always felt as if the language of my heart, more than just words, is poetry. The deepest emotions I feel through the rhythm of a poem. Perhaps it is this that makes the words to songs so special. Here’s … Continue reading
Sometimes life is not defined by years so much as it is defined by moments of change and the answers to prayers. At least that’s how our life feels sometimes. Whether it is yes, no, or wait…its those answers that … Continue reading
Every year that goes by, I realize just a little bit more deeply how much I long for that first day of Eternity. That very first day when all our earthly troubles have faded, when we look up and see … Continue reading