• Do You Hear What I Hear

    We all know people who give fake names at coffee shops. Some do it because their name is difficult to spell and they want to help the barista. Others do it to be silly. Still other times, the person listening gets the name wrong. This happened to us recently. After giving my order, the person behind the register asked my name. Jeff was standing behind…

  • More Than We Can Imagine

    Twelve years ago, when I published my first book I decided to create a L.L.C. and to start a blog. In order to start a business, you need a name. I wanted a name that reflected God’s work in my life. It didn’t need to be showy. It was really between me and the Lord. After a lot of prayer and contemplation I decided to…

  • Hope

    I’ve thought about writing this post for some time, but just could never “find time” to sit down and do it. Perhaps it wasn’t not having time (for we are trying to shelter in), but more of a dread. If I write about it, it seems to feel more real — its not that I’m in denial. I know we are in a weird season….

  • Five Things Not to Say to Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide

     1.  Did you see it coming? This question is irrelevant. There are times when a person takes their life and everyone is shocked; there are other instances where loved ones knew and were doing everything they knew to do in order to prevent it but the person still suicided. Asking this question only adds to the guilt survivors already feel. It is not helpful in…

  • There is Help! Don’t Lose Hope!

    In light of the recent tragedies in my hometown, I wrote this article for the local newspaper. I am not sure if it was ever published, so I thought I’d share it on my website. Individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide are at an increased risk of suicide themselves.  One study reports that people bereaved by suicide (Survivors of Suicide, aka SOS) within…

  • Why God?

    Why? This is the million dollar question. If I could answer this questions, I would be a very rich woman because it is the question we all ask…and rarely get answers. The past two years walking alongside my stepdad, Hershell, as he waited for a liver transplant has led to this question multiple times. Why? Why won’t the doctors give him a transplant? What do…