A friend said some unkind words that left me hurt and discouraged. As I reflected in the early hours of the morning, the night began to break. The sky illuminated a single pink cloud. Be still and know that I am God. It was as if God whispered, “You are …
“The baby measures a bit small for his twenty-week gestation. I’m sure everything is fine, but we need to run a few tests to be sure.” Even though that was two decades ago, I still remember the anxiety that rolled over me at hearing the nurse’s words. After years of …
I overheard my neighbor talking to my mom. “Nancy runs everywhere. I sit here on my porch and day after day I see her bolt out the back door like she’s going to a fire. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her walk. I often wonder why she’s in such …
My seventh-grade math teacher put the teacher’s answer key in the back of the room. When we finished an assignment, we were supposed to go to the back of the room, correct our mistakes and write our grade on the top of our paper. It was more fun to pass …
I received some potentially scary health news about a close family friend. My mind when to what-ifs. And that’s a dark, scary place to be. I let my mind work itself into a migraine headache that medication wouldn’t touch and landed my butt in bed for three days. After three …
