Looking at a blinking cursor, an empty screen, I take a deep breath, trying to contain my excitement. I shared in last week’s blog that my health is improving under the care of my new doctor and I am now looking at options that seemed to be completely out of the question not so long ago. It’s been, in many […]
What are you willing to give up?
Living out loud is so important to me, particularly on this blog. I want to be real and authentic with what I’m experiencing, what God is teaching me, and how life and faith collide in my Texas world. So, here’s the latest. I’m better. Really. Better. I was quite sure I would never be writing that. Because I was diagnosed with […]
GPS for the Journey
I have come to rely heavily on my GPS since uprooting myself from my familiar California environment and plopping right in the middle of a new Texas life. Google Maps is seriously one of my best friends. I can with all confidence say that I wouldn’t have ventured out much at all without it these past 9 months, intimidated as […]
Battle Armor in Panera
Sitting alone at lunch, my attention is drawn by affable voices mingled together. Eight vibrant and vibrantly-dressed women surround a nearby table, clearly part of a special group. Bespectacled, sparking, filled with the energy of their younger selves, they band together, walkers and canes set aside. Laughter and stories ring through Panera and I lean in a little bit, curious. I […]