Dreams pressed down. Watered down. Stomped on, tromped on ’til they’re tired, tattered down. Disappear, they say. Go away. Come again another day. Forget it. Whatever. Stupid dreams. Silly dreams. Nobody cares. Doesn’t matter. Take a seat. Whatever. Driver’s in the back seat. I’m still here. Waiting. Breathing. Longing. Where are you? Who are you? […]

9 months and 22 days ago, I received a text that significantly altered the trajectory of my life. My husband had been impacted by a massive corporate reorganization, commonly and politely referred to by corporate peeps as a “reorg.” He wanted me to know the WHY behind WHY he was coming home in the middle […]

We were sure. So sure. We were certain God was writing a tailor-made story. Each one of us had reasons – 2 1/2 months of reasons, a lifetime of reasons – as to why this made complete sense, why this particular opportunity HAD to be from God. I can tell you with certainty that in […]

Something’s come to my attention, moms. Something’s on my heart this Mother’s Day. Too often, we write ourselves out of our own story. When our first child was two or three years old, I remember being at my in-law’s house and asking them to watch our son for a couple hours so I could get out and have […]