A Reflective Christmas Eve: Cherishing the Present, Honoring the Past

As I sit here on Christmas Eve (Eve), wrapping gifts under our beautifully adorned tree, I can’t help but feel a mix of emotions washing over me. The scent of freshly baked, not homemade, cookies fills the air, reminding me of the love and effort we’ve poured into making this holiday special for our littleContinue reading “A Reflective Christmas Eve: Cherishing the Present, Honoring the Past”

Saturday’s Silence: A Quiet Grief with Hope on the Horizon

Saturday stands still, a quiet interlude between the somber reflection of Good Friday and the jubilant celebration of Easter Sunday. It’s a day where many feel the weight of what’s been lost; the grief is tangible, the sorrow deep. For those who mourn, time stretches out, long and empty. But it’s in this very stillnessContinue reading “Saturday’s Silence: A Quiet Grief with Hope on the Horizon”

Finding Light in the Shadows: A Testimony of Hope and Healing

Hey friends, I want to share with you a very personal piece of my journey, a time when the world seemed to close in around me, and the light was hard to find. Last week, I found myself in a place I hadn’t been in six years—a place so dark, I felt like I wasContinue reading “Finding Light in the Shadows: A Testimony of Hope and Healing”

Season of Motherhood

I see you moms … I see the daily struggles. The hard times.The challenging moments. I see the snuggles.The times set aside. The laundry piled and dishes in the sink. Where your kids come first. I see the sacrifices. The missed milestones. The frustrations. You are doing amazing. This is just a season. You areContinue reading “Season of Motherhood”

Love is Patient

Love is Patient … Definition:🔘bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint🔘manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain🔘not hasty or impetuous🔘steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity “The quality or virtue of patience is presented as either forbearance or endurance. In the former sense it is a quality of self-restraint or of not giving way to anger,Continue reading “Love is Patient”

Life in the Chaos: a pregnant mom’s perspective during 2020

Thoughts I wrote out 2 years ago in 2020 as this world was starting to get crazy. Hope it is an encouragement to you as well today. A Christian, wife of a furloughed husband, and pregnant mom’s view of the crazy world right now …If you had asked me a few weeks ago about thisContinue reading “Life in the Chaos: a pregnant mom’s perspective during 2020”

Love is …

The most recognized verse selection about love in the Bible is I Corinthians 13:4-8.“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, enduresContinue reading “Love is …”