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  • Hardship and Choices- Part Two

    Jeremiah 29:11. The scripture that was shared with me abundantly during that first year of brokenness and is a comfort to me, even now. It was the first time that I began to understand and believe the love that God… Continue reading

  • Hardship and Choices- Part One

    There are so many choices we get to make over the course of our existence on this planet. Some are life changing, some are mundane, some are necessary, some are not. There are choices we are forced to make, while… Continue reading

  • Joy

    So many people believe that happiness and joy are indistinguishable. Some have never experienced both in a way that establishes the distinction. As it is with any emotion, happiness is conditional, situational, changeable. Joy is not an emotion. It is… Continue reading

  • Linked

    I had one of the hardest days I have had in awhile. I likely seemed unstable to strangers coming in and out. Familiar faces were kind, offering looks of sympathy and concern. My attempts to maintain a cheerful disposition, faltered… Continue reading

  • The Weight of Loss

    I won’t pretend to be an expert on this topic, because I’m not. I have not had the full weight of this kind of pain thrust upon me. I have had levels. I think to some degree, we all have.… Continue reading

  • What is Love?

    There are so many things we are created to feel and know from the moment we come into existence. There is something in the way we can love that we will never fully comprehend. We can be abused, broken (physically,… Continue reading