This week is National Suicide Prevention Week and today is World Suicide Prevention Day; unfortunately, many people believe the myth that if you talk with someone about suicide, you plant an idea in their mind. The opposite is true. If someone is thinking about suicide, talking about it could spare his life. In 2009, there were 36,909 suicides in the U.S. (100.8 suicides per day; 1 suicide…
Last week, my mother-in-law called me crying. I was worried something was wrong. She began to talk to me about how she would never drive again (doctor’s orders), and my heart hurt for her. Then she told me that she didn’t want to sell her car. She told me she wanted to give it to me. I didn’t understand at first. I began to explain…
Now that Tears to Joy has been published, I want to offer my family and friends a chance to buy it prior to the release date of November 20. This is why I am hosting a pre-release party Friday, October 5 at the Bridge Church. I will be available to sign copies of the book and to answer questions as we celebrate what God has…
We’ve all heard it said, “Dreams really do come true.” Well in this case, it did! I have shared before on my blog about my childhood dream to be an author. I’d come home from school and write stories just for fun. Ok, so maybe that sounds kind of nerdy, but I believe God put a burning desire in my heart to write at a…
Five things not to say to people returning from the mission field: 5. “Bless your heart. I know you have got to be so glad to be home.” Believe it or not many people (if not most) who serve overseas actually enjoy it. While they are grateful to reconnect with people they’ve missed, they also left behind people they love. Their homecoming is usually…
We all have those moments when we wish the ground would swallow us up and hide us from the embarrassment we are to ourselves. I’ve had way too many of these moments recently. You know what I’m talking about…those moments when you strut out of the bathroom only to be told your skirt is tucked in (yes, that happened to me today), or those times…