After rain, there is a rainbow. After a storm, there is calm. After night, there is morning. And after the end, there is a new beginning – Unknown Storms can be very intense. The wind howls and whips around. Rain pounds on the roof and floods the ground. Lightning cracks across the sky and thunder …
If I’m being honest, this past week was tough. I don’t like when things are out of my control and almost everything seemed out of my control. The roads were extremely icy on my drive to work. I called 911 and reported 3 accidents involving multiple vehicles along the way. The power went out. We …
I still remember exactly where I was the day I decided to change my phone number. I was sitting in my car after going to TJ-Maxx on a Saturday in April 2019. I had taken maternity photos a few weeks prior and the photographer had just sent me the link to all of my pictures. …
My church is doing 3 days of prayer and fasting. The definition of fasting is “to restrict food for a spiritual purpose.” Basically, for 3 days, I’m redirecting the time that I would normally spend eating, to time in prayer. Fasting is about drawing nearer to God. It’s a way to celebrate the goodness and …
This past year I worked really hard on changing my mindset. I knew my negative self-talk and negative thoughts were hurting me. But I had no idea just how life-draining allowing myself to engage in negative thoughts had become. It was super simple for my thoughts to quickly enter into a downward spiral. When I …
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pursue a restraining order against Keller. That felt so harsh and so final. What if he got help? What if he changed? What if I wanted him to be in our lives at some point in the future? If I pursued a restraining order, I knew there would …
The pastor at church last week said something that really stuck out to me. He said, “Everyone wants to experience a miracle, but nobody wants to need one.” I’ve been in a place where I was in need of a miracle. It was a terrifying position to be in. I was sitting in a Planned …