My social anxiety causes me to resist inviting people into my life. Into my home. Into my space. I have long feared what others may think of me, how I may be perceived as failing (because anxiety always causes a person to jump to the negative). But my neighbors are amazing at it. They invite […]
The Scariest Thing I’ve Ever Done
I feel like such a tiny fish in a huge pond – and I have made mistakes. I let my old website expire – something I didn’t mention to anyone because I was mortified that I let it happen… I stopped writing
How to Heal During Trauma Anniversaries
The other day I sent out a post on accident. I was trying to share it with my family and oops, it went to the world. But was locked. (It turns out I am not as technologically savvy as I thought. Oops) It is tempting in blogging and social media to bare all for the […]
“God of the Anxious” The Redbud Post
A couple of months ago this website was down, but my article “God of the Anxious” was published in The Redbud Post. I would be honored if you would read it now. When I was 18 years old, I was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. I could not make a phone call without sweating. I […]
New Season, Same Song
It’s Friday and time for Five Minute Friday. Every week, writers around the world follow the same one word prompt and write for five minutes. No major edits. No second guesses. This week’s prompt from Kate: Sing. We are entering yet another new season as a family. A season I have feared, frankly. I have […]
When there are no Words to pray for Pari...
I touched my forehead to his. Nose to nose. Shoulder to shoulder. I felt that I could not get close enough to my husband last night. I cherished his hand in mine. The tiny grasp with so much strength and stubborn will. My little one needs my hand to guide him today, so I take it. […]
Don’t Worry: On Birds, Grass, and the Ag
I have sat down to write this post about 15 times. Sometimes on paper, others in my head. Each attempt to document the changes and uncertainties of our life, I find myself tongue tied. Paralyzed. Unable to describe where we are. Where I am. We have been in Minnesota for 9 weeks now. We have seriously considered […]
The God of the Universe cares for you… W
Day 18 of 31 Days of Connecting A year and a half ago, I had been working through tons of anger with God for calling us away from our families and our financial struggles were just adding insult to injury. Does God care? was a huge question in my life. And then a preacher stated this: […]
When Your Monday Feels Like a Wednesday
It’s Monday, and it feels like a Wednesday. It was a hard weekend. Tim was on a men’s “retreat,” so I was alone with the kids. And, I was grieving. So, though I woke up this morning feeling ready to go, I am now done. Have you had those Mondays? When, though you get started […]