Strength. Character. An unshakeable burden for truth. A defender. An anchor. Resilient through and through. A listening ear. A man of few words. An immoveable shoulder that would hold his little girl….when the pain of this life offered no words. But, most of all….with my Dad……I remember how we danced. My tiny feet carefully balanced…..on his […]
So, here is the my attempt at writing for five minutes flat. The challenge given by Gympy Mama. Write…..For five minutes flat. No extreme editing; no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation. Unscripted. Unedited. Real. All on the same prompt that I post here at 1 minute past midnight EST ever Friday. Write and […]
Take it. Take it all. I have so often cried to God. Hands elevated. To Heaven. Throwing it all away. “I don’t need it anyway. I don’t need any of it….If I have you,” I used to say. Emphatically. Irrationally. Words, emotionally thrown around, not considering their significance. But, then today. I stand here. Prayer answered. […]
Took a walk today. With my two youngest. Down the trail. Through the woods….to hear the heart beat of God. It beat as a broken little girl took my hand. And called me, “mom”..…though I am not. It beat as my littlest skipped and danced, constantly finding such beauty around her. Wide eyed. Open arms. Off […]
My sixteen year old was imprisoned yesterday. Stuck behind brick walls. Waiting. For something….anything at all. Her friends remained there with her…..for nearly two hours. Emotions rising. Texting. Twittering. Trying to find a communication source outside the grounds….in hopes to figure out what was going on. Rumor has it…..A potential man with a gun was walking […]
When I first felt a God prompt to do a video blog. I felt fear. And lots of it. After all, I was the one in college who wiggled my schedule around….avoiding all those courses that made presentation…..or required lots of speeches and talks. Yet, here I am…..all because of the grace and love of God. […]