Devotionals

My brother and I used to do this to each other all that time…  We would do something mischievous, get caught, and get a one on one lecture from one of our parents.  If we felt like the other deserved a lecture, in passing, we would say “Mom wants to talk to you.” And send

This was the day I became a parent. I had somewhat of a clue of what to expect, but almost a decade later, I can say it was very little.  And that’s my husband in the background, enjoying a burger.  Don’t think he knew, either. This past Sunday, I began to reminisce about that day

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is when Jesus heals the demon possessed man at the Gerasenes.  This man is legitimately crazy.  He lives in a graveyard (naked) and is so insanely strong that chains can’t hold him.  I picture him with crazy hair and covered in filth.  You could probably smell him

I was 7 months pregnant, sitting on the sofa in my family room and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Two planes just crashed into the World Trade Center…on purpose. ‘My baby will be here in 2 months,’ I thought to myself. ‘What kind of evil world is he about to enter into? Will he even

Although it was a while ago, I can still recall the excitement that was building up for senior year between photos, prom, the class trip, and graduation. I think we can all agree that those momentous occasions were the culmination of all the years spent in school between studying, writing papers, and takings loads of

It’s hard to believe that we commemorated my oldest daughter’s LAST day of school last week. What a whirlwind of emotions! I had a flashback of our move to Texas 15 years ago. With my desire to be a stay at home mom becoming a reality, I quickly came up with a plan. Amidst boxes,

I figuratively hit a wall last week. Last weekend, after cooking my 6th meal in a row, I almost lost it.  It really wasn’t the cooking that did me in.  It was the prepping, cooking, eating, and clean up which only left me room to do a load of laundry before this cycle started all

I took out a few photo albums from our storage closet and lined them up against the wall…in chronological order.  It was my weird way of getting my thoughts organized and step one in preparing a little video montage for my graduating high school senior. As I sifted through each album (eighteen to be exact),

My parents have a sign in their home that simply says,  “All of our visitors bring happiness. Some by coming, others by going.“ I am not sure who the “others” are but I am hoping I am not one of them.  In a day when no one is really coming or going anywhere, there is

This is me, walking down the aisle toward something that was uncertain. I mean, I had never been married before.  In fact, I had just really gotten to know the man at the end of the aisle for less than a year.  And I was about to make a life-long commitment.  It felt a little