God’s changes in God’s time

“I consciously slowed my breathing, sweat slipping down my cheek as I stretched my sizzling muscles. I smiled tiredly to myself, a feeling of accomplishment washing over me as I finished the day’s workout- a tough cardio routine with some upper and lower body thrown in for good measure. It had been a full day of teaching: on my feet, […]

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Construction Zone: What are You Building?

Overwhelmed.  That’s how I felt the entire time we were in Italy last fall.  Though we returned home months ago,  I just now sit down and put to words some of my experiences and what God whispered to me. Growing up in the US, especially in California, we have no concept of old.  Our country, our civilization is brand new […]

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The Gift

I sit here staring at my laptop screen, stuck in what I want to say and unsure how to even start. I fight against this, oh how I fight, matted down again with the assumption that I don’t have any businesses doing this whole writing thing, that I don’t have anything of substance to say, that my blog is just […]

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The Storm

I could hear it. The wind, the thunder, rain pelting down. Awakened further by lightning flashing outside my window. Texas storms are like nothing else I’ve ever seen, and last night, in the dark-and-stormy that made up my 3am, this particular storm made me so grateful for my bed, for the walls and roof that protect me. Made me want […]

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New Year 2018: Confessions of a Planner

I adore Christmas.  Every. Single. Part. And I don’t typically experience a big “letdown” afterwards because I love the New Year almost as much. I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions (anymore), but I become giddy at the thought of a New Year, all the potential stretching out before me, all blank planner pages, wide open calendars, and possibilities. My daughter […]

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