Today has been a less than ideal day!  Occasionally a rotten days is inevitable!  Locked myself out of my office, negative thoughts pushing their way through the recesses of my mind, and just “stuff”.  As I sat in my quiet office after “the being locked out crisis”, feeling like a major idiot for leaving my…

As I looked through photos for this Father’s Day post, I was reminded of the amazing gift of {presence} my husband has graciously given to me and our kids.  His presence within our family is a wonderful blessing; a true gift!  As a father, he spends time with his children, he talks with them, plays…

This video says more in 4 minutes than I could every say! A picture is worth a thousand words!!! 18 years ago we followed God’s leading to the alter, not fully knowing what the future held. We vowed before God and loved one’s to spend the rest of our lives together! Looking over pictures from…

My oldest son, Robby is 16 years old, and will be getting his driver’s license in two very short days! He has his own lawn mowing business, job as a lifeguard this summer, and he is actively involved in his youth group. While on vacation this week, I was able to spend time observing his…

Tonight, I messed up!  I admit it, I failed to pause and responded out of frustration. Without going into the entire story, let me just say, my flesh got the best of me this evening!  To be honest, the weight of my failure tonight is quite heavy!  This evening, I responded to a situation in…

There are only a few things in life that really irritate me. One thing that irritates me the most is when people are “fake” or “inauthentic”. I remember as a teenager seeing my family arguing and being superbly angry… then leaving for church and watching as these furious faces turned to gay smiles and laughter.…

As Mother’s Day approaches I find myself mixed with all sorts of emotions;  Joy, pride, love… The hardest emotions I’ve found myself trying to manage is sadness and even grief.  I will never forget the moment I became a mother, the joy was overflowing, but the fear was almost more than I could bear. Having…

  It’s not what we were expecting, a snow storm on the first day of spring.  A snow storm was harder to swallow, because here in Indiana we had a day of warm sunshine, followed the next day with snow filled tree limbs.  Indiana weather is extremely fickle and constantly changing, those of us who…

Today has been one of those days… when it seems everyone and everything is against me!  These are the days that seem to test my patience the most.  It’s the day when a lot of tedious encounters seem to pile up, almost like an overflowing volcano.  Feels like the world around me is working overtime…

The long-dreaded 40th birthday arrived yesterday!  For whatever reason, 40 has been a dreaded birthday since I was 20 years-old.  I recall on my 20th birthday I struggled with the thought of being half-way to 40, I realize this is strange!  Honestly it is one of the few things in life that caused me anxiety.…