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Imagine your life...your most pivotal memories...what song was playing during that time? If you can't figure out how to start, try going about it the opposite way. When you hear certain songs, very specific scenes appear, right? Start collecting those, and then pare...

Looking Back  We've all been there.  I suspect that by the time people hit adulthood, pretty much everyone has experienced something that, in retrospect, they should have left far earlier than they did. A friendship or relationship that wasn't healthy. A church where...

A little while ago, my husband saw a woman throw a cup of hot coffee into a garbage can near the entrance of Universal's CityWalk. As in, throw. As in, the family near the can almost got splashed. Pretty careless of her, wasn't it? Why couldn't she have taken one more...

It all started a month or so after my father-in-law’s heart attack.When I was up half the night with horrible heartburn that wouldn’t subside (And I started worrying was a heart attack), I got checked out. My heart was fine, but the doctor wanted me to get to a doctor...

Stories. They're so important, aren't they? Here are four I've heard in the past couple weeks. They are all about COVID and specifically the vaccine, but they could be about anything.  1. Sarah*  has a child who suffers from asthma. Avoiding a virus that seems to...

What do we KNOW about Noah building the ark? "Build a large boat from cypress wood," and then God gave him some dimensions.     "So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him." (Gen 6:22 NLT)Now imagine you're Noah. Which of the following sounds more...

My parents witnessed a traumatic church split when I was a baby (half the congregation walked out mid-service). After that, my dad paid a lot more attention to the Spirit and left situations before they got to that point.I have done the same, recognizing that the...

We all long for comfort.  Even more than improvement, subconsciously we want consistency. So we put up with "less than" in favor of familiar. When I read books, watch movies, etc, I see life change and I know the character longs for the "good ol' days." Because that's...

Just like pretty much everyone else, this year has been just a little rocky. At times it felt like all I could hope for was to survive. Even though I had been homeschooling since 2010 so in a lot of ways life didn’t change that much, at the same time nothing was the...

Did you know that I write? More than just for this blog, I have actually written a couple novels! In 2015 I started participating in NaNoWriMo, which is a challenge to write 50,000 words in the month of November. (that's 1,667 words a day).  I've "won" twice and gave...

In September we celebrated our 17th anniversary. I guess that means we have some idea of what makes a good marriage work. After all, I'd marry Josh all over again (in a heartbeat!), and he says the same about me.     A friend asked for advice of what makes a...

I don't know about you... But this year I've felt more alone than ever before in my life. Which is a big deal, because I actually lived alone for a couple years, in a country where I was gradually learning to speak the language but every time I left the house I had to...