Need an Instruction Manual for Life?

What if there was an instruction manual for life? Have you ever thought about what makes a good life good? What about your life makes it a good life? Or if not good now, what would have to change for you to consider it good? I've been thinking about these questions for years. In 2021,...

12 Gifts of Christmas

Have you ever heard the song about the 12 days of Christmas & how the true love gave gifts? It builds and builds until there's too much gifts. Yesterday was 12/12 and I was a little inspired. In November, I saw a design that said 'let this be the season of thanks & giving." I...

Do Something.

Have you ever looked around and been overwhelmed by the suffering you see in the world?  For the last ten years, this has been my problem. I have frequently been presented with the suffering of strangers, family, and friends.y reaction is often to suffer more along with them. I was angry at God about it. ...

Be Still and Know

Psalm 37:7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him. Sometimes things fall apart. Sometimes things don't work out the way you intended them to. That's where I am right now. I'm in an in-between state in life. My family is separated right now. We have been for a few months.  In the...

Prayer and a Playlist

Hello, Lovelies! The last weeks have been so crazy and I’m learning so much in my life. Many of you know that I’m a crafty person and that I make scrapbooks. Recently I was working on a project and I put together a scrappy page that included a new playlist. I’ve been praying for some...

Relationship Storms

Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples. Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid? You have so...

Do Something.

I’m back! I’ve decided that it’s time to come back to the blog. I posted last week because I was moved, once again, by images of human trafficking. I’ve decided to look around the world and pull some resources on all sorts of recovery-related things all in one place.  In my last post, I said...

Good Relationships

Today, I want to talk about relationships. I specifically want to talk about what it looks like in my marriage. I have two reasons 1) one of my February goals is to focus on relationships in my home and make them better and 2) relationships after abuse are hard.  My Good Relationship. Last week, I...

How to Know You Have a Good Relationship.

Since we’re talking about love and matters of the heart this month, I put together a list of 10 good qualities (and 1 great quality) that you should have in a good relationship that makes it a keeper. Sound good? Great! Let’s dive in! 10 Good Things.  Trust. Trust is one of those things that...

Sunday Prayer

Good Morning and happy Sunday! I want to try something new. I want to pray for you. I don't know where you are or what you believe. I don't know what ails you, fails you, or rails at you. I don't know your name. But I want to. I just want to pray for you...