Today is leap day. As with many occasions, there are social media and marketing attempts to make your leap day extra special. What can you do in one day? Don’t waste your extra 24 hours! I’m all for making the most of every day. However, I don’t like the pressure of these “special days.” ... Continue Reading
Why Keeping Problems Secret Only Makes Them Worse
Is this you sometimes? You hold it all together until the last person is out of the house and then you break down crying. Life is too hard. You think, “How can everyone else be doing so well but I am failing? What is wrong with me?” Or you get ready for work and show up determined to have ... Continue Reading
Living Life while Facing Death
Daniel greatly admired his wife. He described her as a wonderful role model for people. She modeled how to live life and how to face death. Daniel said his wife wanted to capture life and keep living even as she faced cancer. After several years of living with cancer and enduring many ... Continue Reading
C.O.P.S.: Living After a Police Officer Dies
Walking into the large reception area, one might initially think there were many families on vacation. People talking and laughing in small groups with children darting around big islands holding the breakfast spread. If you look closer, you’ll see some of them wiping away tears. You’ll see the ... Continue Reading
Blazing a Trail in Corn and Life
Every fall, my family takes on the challenge of a local corn maze. We are determined to find all of the wooden animals that are stationed throughout the maze. It generally takes us over an hour. We have our strategy as we work together to explore every nook and trail. If we had an aerial view map of ... Continue Reading
How Do We Keep Caring in a Broken World of Pain?
On an early Friday evening, my daughters and I sat on an outdoor patio at a local restaurant. I gazed at their expressive faces, delighting in their laughter and conversation. Our peace evaporated as a van pulled up in the parking lot next to us. At first the sounds from the vehicle were fine. Then ... Continue Reading
When someone hurts, could you do this?
My daughter stood in the kitchen with me as I put dishes away. I turned my head and whacked it hard into the corner of an open cupboard door. My head throbbed as I cried out in pain. You know, that cry of agony right before your ability to breathe disappears momentarily. My daughter cried out, ... Continue Reading
My Heart Knows Your Way after Thirteen Years
On February 2, my family and I remembered our son Zachariah who was stillborn thirteen years ago. The notes, flowers, and words of comfort we continue to receive from friends and family are precious. Thank you. When people are reminded of how long it has been, often they say, “Oh, he would have been ... Continue Reading
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