Hurricane Irma. Longest to remain a Category 5. Largest in history. Cause of the widest spread power outage. Irma lurked north towards Florida with most models shooting the eye right up the middle of our state. The closer Irma moved towards Florida the closer she appeared to be doing the unexpected, skirt around the southwest…
In 2015 my word for the year was LIVE. On the heels of several funerals at the end of 2014 and beginning of 2015, death made me look at how I lived. LIVE – to seize the day, to make every moment count, to stop and smell the roses, to be grateful in everything. As…
Questions. Scenarios. Probabilities. Sounds like my daughter’s math problems. Except these questions, scenarios, and probabilities are what is swirling around in my head like Tropical Storm Erika swirling out in the Atlantic. With School back in session, I dreamed of routines returned, stability reestablished and my mind miraculously resuming a more focused mode of operation. …
There is a place many of us have been to and wished we hadn’t. It is called “at the end of my rope.” There is another similar place called “end of the line.” Many of us operate out of a philosophy called “a means to an end” which is really not a place at all,…
Recently, I was robbed. It was an unusual theft, but theft all the same. It still left me with feelings of anger from a situation imposed unfairly and grief that ensues from the loss. Large chunks of my time intended for a list of more worthwhile, enjoyable and many necessary things all taken from me….
I was born on October 2 in a small town in Michigan. Birthdays are significant in that they represent life. We are all unique, a one of a kind miracle of God. (Whether you believe this or not, it is the truth!) Our birthdays indicate that on that day the world was forever changed because…
So Yesterday! Recently, in an attempt to be culturally relevant to my new freshman in high school daughter, I brought up the Miley Cyrus twerking incident. I asked, “Have they been talking about Miley’s performance at school?” To which she responded, “Oh mom that was so yesterday!” Really? I was outdated within 36 hours. It…
I want the power to forgive. I want the power to withhold my forgiveness! It is ALL my choice! That power can be exhilarating! But, sometimes, I don’t want the power to forgive. If I am powerless, it is not my fault. This pain and burden I carry is not of my own doing, it…
“Oh Death where is your sting?” I will tell you where the sting is. It stings in the core of your heart when your loved one passes away. It stings every time you think you hear their voice or forget and look up with expectation to see them standing there. It stings when you see…
The Bible tells us that we should “at all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.” (Ephesians 5:20, AMP) I have been reading a book entitled, “One Thousand Gifts,” by Ann Voskamp. The moment I began to read it, I knew I would struggle…