When Life is Bittersweet

by | Sep 29, 2014 | Relationships

Each year when I see my doctor for my routine appointment, it comes up. Usually with a nurse, someone who is kind but impersonal, working their way through the checkboxes marking my family medical history, glossing over my paternal grandmother’s stroke and my mom’s...

Let it Go

by | Sep 18, 2014 | Relationships

They were little girls, sisters actually, just 13 months apart in age. The older child loved to take care of the younger, but the younger girl didn’t appreciate that very much. She was the youngest of seven children, and she had enough people bossing her around; she...

I Hate Pink.

by | Sep 8, 2014 | Relationships

“What would you like to wear today?” I asked my four-year-old daughter as I opened her closet doors. Bouncing over, she announced: “Something pink!” A few minutes later, I heard her rummaging through her underwear drawer. “What’s the matter?” I asked. “I need pink...

Following His Lead

by | Sep 4, 2014 | Relationships

After my four-year dating hiatus but before I tried online dating, I began telling people I knew that I was open to being set up on blind dates. I didn’t know how God would work to bring my husband to me, but I figured I should use all of my resources – and I have a...

The Soundtrack of My Life

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Relationships

Leaving the gathering of women behind, I walk out into the soothing crispness of twilight, a sunset of brilliant pinks and oranges fading into dappled hues of violet and blue. Exiting the small town of Dassel, Minnesota, I head out on the two-lane highway, turning up...