Another year has passed. I realize I am not the first mother to lose her son. Eve grieved Abel. Mary grieved Jesus. I will not be the last. Many others will walk this road. But knowing these things does not make losing my Andrew easier. What has made this loss bearable is knowing my son…
I’m in Denver for a few weeks with my stepmom who’s in a rehab hospital. She’s been in hospitals since June 29. I’ve been here four of those six weeks. I’ll be here for weeks at a time the next few months. I am here by myself. This is going to be a long journey,…
“Proof of love for Christ is simply removed all together from the realm of the feelings and place in the realm of practical obedience.” A. W. Tozer
“In the working creed of the average Christian salvation is held to be immediate and automatic, while discipleship is thought to be something optional that the Christian may delay indefinitely or never accept at all…The absence of a concept of discipleship from present-day Christianity leaves a vacuum that we instinctively try to fill with one…
Bible Study / Gratitude / Grief / Heaven / Life
I had surgery Wednesday to remove a benign tumor in my right submandibular salivary gland. When I awoke in recovery I was disappointed. For a moment I was disappointed that I did not wake up in heaven. This world is not my home. My citizenship is in heaven and I eagerly await our Savior’s return.…
For those who read this blog regularly, here is an update on the tumor. Surgery to remove the entire right submandibular salivary gland yesterday (7/18) was successful. The doctor said he found no surprises. The mass/tumor was completely contained within the gland and removed. The tissue around the gland was inflamed and this required a…
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At a church social Sunday night, a kind man tried to comfort me about Andrew’s death. He knew that this past week was the anniversary of The Accident and knew that those special days can be hard. He was trying to be kind. I suppose it seemed odd to him that…
In January I noticed a gland under my jaw would swell each time I ate my favorite snack: apples and peanut butter. My grandmother was deathly allergic to peanuts so I wondered if I was developing a peanut allergy. In March I went to a specialist about an ongoing sinus infection. While there, I mentioned…
Middle of the night. Night time. Dark time. Hardest of hard times in grief. So many dark thoughts. So many memories. So many unfulfilled dreams. So much pain. So much loneliness. Nighy time. Dark time. No one there to listen to my cries. No one there to sooth my hurts. No one there to hold…
My parents weren’t perfect. Far from it. They made many mistakes. They did the best they could with the tools they had. I chose to forgive their failings, and my life is better because I chose forgiveness and grace rather than resentment and bitterness. I pray my children will do the same for me and…
I did quite a bit of traveling this spring. After being in Oklahoma for our son’s wedding, I hit the road. I was away from home April 11 through May 10. I was able to visit friends in Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, near Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa. I spent a weekend at a women’s conference (check out…
I wrote this fours years ago. It’s still true. And I need to remind myself of this truth: We can change the way we think. We take tiny steps in the right direction. Then we rest and remind ourselves truth and that we are going the right way. We cry out for help, take another…
Cult by J. l. Pond Rudy is a senior in high school. Though he attends a Christian school and grew up in a Christian home, he struggles with habitual sin and hard questions about God. He can’t talk to his parents about his doubts, and, until a new girl comes to school, he thinks no…
I received a free copy of Before I Saw You from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Honestly…I loved this book! It arrived last week, a week full of struggles for me. I won’t go into detail, but this book spoke volumes to me. The way Sudie loves God and trusts His Word…
I am reading a book by Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. This passage struck me today: During the twentieth century the door was opened to invade the wombs of mothers, the stability of the family, the sanctity of marriage, and the sacredness of the human personality. In the name of civil rights,…
