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January 19, 2022

Standing on the Rock When Life’s Waves Crash Around You

Do you need a firm place to stand today? I know I do! Read on to find your footing.... Today, I find myself thinking a lot about the beach. It might be because we had a blast of cold weather blow across the South last week, but more likely, it's because when I think of the beach, I think of peace. I love to bury my toes in the sand, close my eyes and breath deep while I listen to the sound of birds calling, kids laughing and waves crashing. Watching white foam wash up on white sand again and again is beautiful. The waves are beautiful. But they are also powerful. I don't always appreciate that fact until I find myself out ...

January 12, 2022

How to Walk with Confidence When You Don’t Know the Way

You can walk with confidence even when you don't know the way by trusting the God who does. Learn three reasons you can walk with confidence, even when you don't know the way. In August 1998, at the beginning of my senior year at Ole Miss, I sat with a roommate watching news of the embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We knew nothing of those two cities, which seemed so far away and remote. Though I was beginning the process of becoming a missionary overseas after graduation, East Africa had never crossed my mind. I had no idea that exactly one year later, I'd be living in Nairobi and a dear friend would be ...

December 20, 2021

Revived & Renovated – A Review

Sitting and waiting at doctors' offices or riding long hours to visit new doctors hundreds of miles away has given me a little time for reading, and one of the books in my bag this week is Revived & Renovated: Real Life Conversations on the Intersection of Home, Faith and Everything in Between by Victoria Duerstock and Paige Rien. Being able to review books is one of my favorite parts of blogging, and when the opportunity to read and review this book came up, I jumped at it. Why? Well, to be honest, I live in an ongoing renovation. Literally and figuratively. My home is older and in need of some fixing up, which ...

November 15, 2021

Can You Really Give Thanks in All Things?

It's the season of Thanksgiving, but giving thanks isn't always easy. Is it really possible to give thanks in all things? If ever there was a blog post I didn't know how to begin, this is it. A year has passed since I wrote my last post a month ago. At least it seems that way. Two years of caring for my father-in-law came to an abrupt end a few weeks ago when he went to the hospital and never came back. He went home. A week later, my husband came home from a doctor's appointment and said the "C" word. The world has been spinning in slow motion ever since. And the people I pass on the street don't even ...

October 13, 2021

Digital Planner for Caregivers Like Me

A caregiver planner designed for caregivers like me! A month or so ago, I sat in an ER trying to remember my father-in-law's health history and struggling to understand what he was trying to tell me so I could relay that information to the nurse. As I sat right beside the "No Cell Phone Use" sign, I texted and called my husband for help repeatedly because I simply didn't know all the answers. Being unprepared only added to the stress I was feeling as I sat there wondering what they were going to ask me next. A week or two later the exact same scenario played out with my mother-in-law. You would think I had learned my ...