Finding Hope in Suffering
Writing to keep my mind off the dizzy side effects of this new medication seemed like a good idea. As with every good thing, there's often a negative to deal…
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December 18, 2021
Unprepared
Today is the beginning of the season of Advent. In recent years, I've embraced this season more intentionally as a time of reflection and hope. It's become a tender space…
November 29, 2020
Life Behind the Face Masks :: Pondering in the Pandemic
Documenting the Days During the COVID-19 Crisis She stood there on our front porch on Easter Sunday afternoon. It took a minute to recognize who it was behind the face…
April 15, 2020
Waiting …
"Remember Your word to your servant, in which You have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your promise gives me life."Psalm 119:49-50 ESV It's 4…
December 21, 2019
“Meet Me in the Middle” {Intro Episode}
Hi everybody! I've been dreaming and praying about this for a long time and I think it's time for the birth of this dream ..."Meet Me in the Middle." God-willing,…
September 22, 2019
Remember the Daffodils
Life has a way of pushing its way through our hard situations as if to defy the surrounding harshness much like the yellow daffodils insist on pushing their way through…
March 2, 2019
Lighting the Candle of Hope {Meditations on the First Sunday of Advent}
In a world spinning with busy, I find calm in simple traditions that bring pause ...breath ...hush ...wonder. The season of Advent -- those precious weeks leading up to the…
December 2, 2018
A Bump in the Road {Frustrations in the Middle}
I think I hit a bump in the road this week. The journey continues. The road seems long. The end is ...well, I'm not sure! Heaven--sure; but earth ...that's another…
October 7, 2018
Miracles in the Middle
I'm beginning to believe I'm part wimp / part warrior. Sitting in the oncologist's office last week, I confessed my full-on fear of the radioactive iodine treatment commonly used to…
September 16, 2018
When You’re Somewhere Between Your Hope and Your Healing
I got the word that it's back...thyroid cancer. Found the little knot on my neck while I was on vacation this summer and the waves were set in motion. Only…
September 9, 2018