Super (Single) Mom

The sun was beginning to wane in the autumn sky, starting its descent for the day. With dinner behind us, I was ready to sit and visit with the family we had traveled over 600 miles to see. My sister got up from her chair as conversation continued all around, and she...

Sweaty Palms and St. Patrick

I felt it coming on. Sitting on the sterile vinyl bench, waiting, it began like it always does, with cold sweaty palms. Then the chest vibrations began, the ones that creep up my neck and make my brain feel hot, like it’s going to boil right out of my skull. Then a...

Life Beyond To-Do Lists

It’s early morning as I write these words, far too early for most of humanity on this side of the hemisphere to be up and stumbling about their kitchen, searching for coffee. To-do lists are swirling in my brain, and my fingers are itching to set ideas to paper,...

All Things Work Together for Good…Really?

I have often read the verse that states, “All things God works for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28). While it is a sentence that I should embrace, I looked at it as a platitude that I said but truly did not believe. I recently had the experience of seeing...