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Pushing Through for Your Breakthrough
This photo of a tree pushing through a rock represents me from 2013-2020. I felt almost dead and buried for so long until I “woke” and decided I had a choice to let everything die in and around me or push through one last time and keep pushing until I got my break thru. It…
Finding Purpose and Peace in this Pandemic Pause
Whew! I know that title is a mouthful (I dare you to say it 5 times fast,) but it really does sum up what I’m thinking about today. It’s feels like the whole world is on pause because of this Covid 19 virus, and yet while there are terrible things happening because of it, I’ve…
Dangerous Prayer & Growing Pains
I prayed a dangerous prayer years ago. “God, whatever it takes.” And believe me, it took a lot to get to where I am today. Great lessons learned, but lessons I never wish to revisit again. I’m in such a good place, but I felt the “shift” the first week of January. It’s time to…
Glimpse into an Author’s life
Writing nonfiction is like looking at a lump of clay. I can see the shape inside my head, but it’s not taken form yet. With words, I start to mold the piece, but it’s still lumpy, choppy, and ugly. It makes no sense yet, but I know there is something beautiful buried underneath. So I…
A Deaf Girl, A Cool Guy, and A Reignited Dream
When a friend invited me to hear Marlee Matlin and Henry Winkler speak, I didn’t know that their words would reignite a dream that had been smoldering for a while. Their message wasn’t new. I’ve heard it before, spoken by lots of people, but never in this way, by these two people. It was something…
Preparation is Key to First Day of School Success
The first day of school prep can be extremely stressful and time-consuming, but it helps cut down the first day of school chaos! Follow the link to my first day of school: https://youtu.be/KOsDYXO17Rw
What’s Holding You Back from Your Next Adventure?
Yesterday, I went on a new adventure that almost didn’t happen. Earlier in the week, I’d been complaining saying how no one had invited me out on the lake or to a 4th of July BBQ. For years I’ve lived in Oklahoma, the land of a million man-made lakes, and I’ve only been out on…
The Battle is the Lord’s
This is part of a series of studies from my research trip to Israel March 2019. It is not meant to be “unquestionable truth,” but just my interpretation and insight from what I saw, heard, learned, and felt in my heart. Day 1 second stop on my trip to Israel was on Tel Azeka overlooking…
Unpredictable God of Israel
This is part of a series of studies from my research trip to Israel March 2019. If is not meant to be “unquestionable truth,” but just my interpretation and insight from what I saw, heard, learned, and felt in my heart. We stood at Beth Shemesh looking out towards where the Philistines had camped 3…
Surely God is Present in this Place
I never had a burning desire to go to Israel, but this was a trip I couldn’t pass up. My kids’ school took a two week trip to Israel every two years. My boys had attended years before and had an amazing time. My daughter was now a junior. This was my last chance to go. How…