Carving out a sanctuary for the weary
I sit in the waiting room passing time, wondering what’s next, and planning for things that may or may not ever happen. Call it worry, call it dreaming, call it smart preparation. For me it is stillness. It is patience. It is faith. I never know what news will come …
Yesterday was our ninth wedding anniversary. And we didn’t celebrate. We didn’t get a babysitter. We didn’t sneak away. I don’t even remember if we ate dinner together last night. Wait. Nope. We didn’t. I took the girls to sign up for cheerleading for the first time, which prompted an inner …
This picture was taken just after I left my first husband. It was justifiable but I did leave him. Afterwards, I felt amazing. It seemed the red carpet rolled out everywhere I went and the stars came down from the heavens to dance with me every night. I was free. But …
I tried to introduce myself the other day on facebook and explain why I would start a blog. The end of it went like this, “I have to tell you this (even though you probably won’t believe me) that things can get better. And ‘better’ doesn’t even begin to …
The most glaring issue in our marriage has always been conflict resolution, which is a fancy way of saying how our fights end. Kiss and make up? Or brokenness and the silent treatment? We are two strong personalities and experience more than our fair share of disagreements. For years, it did not end well. …
