I have an 8×20 inch plaque over my bed that reads, “It is well with my soul.” Its size is out of proportion to the […]
Beautiful Thing
This month marks four years since my ex-husband walked out. None of it hits like it used to, thank GOD! The memories of that day […]
Purple
I was recently asked by someone who had experienced divorce: Did you feel bound to [your ex-husband] in marriage still, even after the divorce? And […]
New Years Reflections 2018-2020
In looking over my New Years writings the past three years, I see how God took me from a broken woman, desperate for answers…to a […]
Work of Winter
It was a frigid 21° outside when I woke up yesterday. Seeing that low temperature reading on the weather app of my phone made me […]
Roots of Rejection
Preface: This blog contains memories from early childhood that have impacted me in adulthood. I share them here solely for the sake of painting that […]
Moving. And moving on.
Moving from my Willowbrook house was a bittersweet thing, even though I knew it was the right thing. From the day the real estate agent […]
Home
My mom and dad divorced before I was born. Based on pictures of my earliest days, she and I lived with her parents – my […]
Survivor
For all our married years, we had done most everything together as a family. Over half my life to that point consisted of day-to-day memories […]
Grief 2
Grief is more than sadness. It’s a journey through a range of emotions over an indeterminate length of time with the hopeful eventual destination being […]