Dear Nikita…
I laid awake thinking of you the other night, my dear little girl. You are literally half a world away. As I was trying to sleep I imagined that you were playing with your sisters and brother. Or perhaps you were selling in the market so your family could eat.
As I laid there I went [...]
Are All Good Things In The South?
Sometimes I feel so disconnected. Nearly all of the people I follow on Twitter live in the states of Tennessee and Georgia. Then there is me….in Arizona. These people not only know each other but have a great connection. I don’t have that.
I think part of it is my lovely introverted self. It’s easier to [...]
My Platform & Women Who Influence It
A few weeks ago Shawn and I were having a conversation about what I wanted my platform for my blog to be. I’d been thinking about this because of this blog post by Anne Jackson of FlowerDust.net and the following question that was asked by Kyle Reed:
“Why is the Christian Blogosphere dominated by Males? Seeing [...]
Think I Broke My Scale
I just wanted to do a quick update on my weight loss endeavors. I’ve been at it for one month, four days. I feel like I’m doing fairly well and rejoice with ever loss.
Last week I decided to lower my maximum daily caloric intake by 1000 and am now sitting at 1290. I did this [...]
My Heart Skipped a Beat at Starbucks
This morning on my way to work I decided to kick it old school. Soon Passion’s album Better is One Day was filling the four walls of my car at a loud volume. I sang along to a few songs and skipped ahead to the title track – Better is One Day – my favorite [...]
Arby’s and Star Looking
I realized earlier today that my husband and I had started dating 13 years ago today. We ate Arby’s at a local mall and then drove out to past the edge of the city and looked at the stars. I’d worn jeans, a red turtle neck, and a tan collar-less men’s button down shirt that [...]
Turning It Over
I was at a doctor’s appointment today and was dealing with some internal discontentedness while I waited to be seen. The good thing was I recognized I was being discontent and immediately started praying that God would give me peace and take away the discontentment. As I sat there I realized that this is something [...]
Like An Armadillo Crossing the Road in Rush Hour
I have felt so helpless lately. It started a while ago seeing images of precious people living on nothing just trying to get by.
It came roaring at me two weeks ago with the earthquake in Haiti. The images of poverty stricken, broken people floated before my eyes. I didn’t close the websites or stop reading [...]
Thankful
In the light of tragedies we always seem to understand just how blessed we are by God. My heart has been exceptionally thankful lately. Last night we had a tremendous storm here in Phoenix. We got an inch of rain over night. As I got ready for bed I listened to the downpour that was [...]
200,000
When I logged onto my computer at work this morning I read this headline for this story on the BBC feed I use Haiti Quake Toll May Be 200,000. My heart just breaks. It cries out for God’s mercy.
Last night I was praying for our little girl Nikita in India, and the people in Haiti. [...]
