Category: Faith

Woman at the Well: It’s Her

Forgiveness has never been my strong suit. I’ve been breathing on this earth for just shy of 40 years which means I’ve endured plenty of offenses and assaults, including bullies in school and being a working woman in male-dominated industries. It’s pretty nasty out there and there are plenty of reasons to harden myself towards…
Woman at the Well: Fallow Ground

There were two primary events that made up the bulk of this war. The first was an initial thievery of money taken from me and another owner of the funds that were in Zera’s care. The second was a more narrowly focused assault that was meant to single me out, further taking possessions that were…
Woman at the Well: The War

I am a woman torn apart by war. A very private, personal war. Its only witnesses are those immediately around me and they, too, have been affected. This war has caused pain, division, and loss. Some of those losses are unrecoverable. My disclaimers… I must, for the purposes of this story, tell some of the…
Starting Over

I am on the cusp of yet another New Year. The clock strikes midnight in precisely 6 hours and 15 minutes and I am basking in a day off from work, dreaming about a better tomorrow. It’s the last day of 2020 and, like everyone else in the world, I am saying good riddance to…
Times Have Changed: A New Ministry & Focus

My soul is settled and content. It feels so good. After a tumultuous fall, winter, and spring, this summer is full of new growth and direction. New hopes and dreams. New pursuits and even a few new additions to the bucket list. Times have changed. Brooks and I don’t have plans for further attempts at…
A Year Long Chapter

Where on earth has the time gone? I shared with my husband not too long ago that I have been itching to write. My latest chapter in life coming to a close, a new one starting up and I was ready. So ready. I logged into my blog account this morning to take down a…
Fearing the Worst & Why I Eat Kale

When I love, I love hard and grieve even harder. The worst of it is that I tend to grieve things that haven’t even happened. That’s just plan fear and worry. As I’ve mentioned on this blog, thanks to a dear, dear sister in Christ, this phenomenon is called stinkn’ thinkn’! #yourethebestSharky I am fearing…
Sleepless Nights and a Craving for Deep, Meaningful Camaraderie

Her candle doesn’t go out by night. {Proverbs 31:18} This girl’s candle typically blows out between 9:30 and 10pm. The fight usually begins around 8:30pm, though. That moment when my eyes start heavily drooping and my mind flirts with the R.E.M. cycle. Sleep hasn’t come easy lately. I don’t exactly know why but I’m suspicious…
Go Team Go: How to Promote Unity in Marriage

A strong marriage begins with our individual relationship with the Lord. I’ve noticed in my own marital bliss that things can go very wrong and it usually stems from Brooks or me taking a lackadaisical approach to our faith and trust in God. Over and over we have to realign our steps to His will…
Making Homemade Butter: Life Lessons from the Kitchen

Ah, the life of a writer… finding similarities in the oddest of scenarios. One of my “New Year’s Resolutions”, is to source my food holistically and locally. This in hopes of successfully coming alongside the low iron deficiency anemia and MTHFR that I’ve been diagnosed with. So, I decided to try my hand at making…