It’s Jesus birthday. What can we give him? We can’t go to the store and buy him a shiny new bike, wrap it in sparkling paper, and put it under the tree. I don’t think he wants an Amazon gift card. How do we show him how much we love and …
“Hey Mom, so in Germany we have this thing we do to unwind. We watch a TV show and then everyone runs upstairs and puts on the pajamas. Then we watch another show before bed.” You’d think I would have caught on. Nope. I took my dear sweet daughter at …
I checked the calendar, tomorrow I would see Catie. When she left on March 4th I hugged her and told myself this second three-month internship in Germany would fly by. A few months into the trip I got a phone call. “Mom, what would you think about me taking classes …
I a sapling He my protection Shielded by his house Storms swirled around me. He nourished me I trusted him Until that fateful day. His tongue cut my branches s p l a y on the ground My house was supposed to protect me. But he broke me. My house–an illusion. Not made …
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.” Louisa May Alcott For many years, fear controlled my life. I have found the only way to overcome fear is to do the thing I am afraid of. Below is a speech I recently gave at Toastmaster’s Open …
