I’m Retired and Still Believe the Best is Yet to Come
When I graduated from college, I saw endless possibilities stretched out before me. I believed the best was yet to come. I began my career as a teacher and couldn’t imagine the day when I would be retired. Flash forward thirty or so years and now I imagine my...
An Open Letter from One Estranged Mother to Her Daughter (Or Any Daughter Who Wonders if She’s Loved)
“I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God.” Colossians 2:2-4, The Message Dear Daughter, You don’t mind if I call you “dear”, do you? I know it doesn’t seem I have the right to use a term of...
Living Sidetracked or On-Purpose
“Now, class, I’m going to give you an assignment,” the teacher said. “I want you to write a theme called ‘What I Want for Christmas.’” This pronouncement was followed by the agonized, collective groan of the entire classroom of children, except for one … Ralphie. He...
7 Steps for a Lasting Marriage
Forty years ago, we said, “I do.” Some people took bets we wouldn’t make it a year, but we never doubted. Not because of us. Because of God. In July, a #love your spouse challenge on Facebook and Instagram invited people to post a picture of their spouse every day for...
Learning to Trust – When You Need Water In Your Desert
A knot tightened in my stomach as I sorted through the stack of notices demanding payment with money that did not come in that month. As a single mom, with little or no child support, money was always an issue. This month, in particular, was difficult. My income...
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