You feel hopeless. You never thought that you would be in this place. Ever.Yet, here you are, waiting…and waiting.That was me. I was waiting, waiting, and waiting for my heart’s desire—a home to raise our family. Is it ever going to happen? My husband and I had high hopes for building our forever home and…
The struggle to get our son to eat his food—yeah it’s kinda how it feels sometimes to really love your devotions and prayer life. An uphill battle. My son was a little over two years old and a non–stop busy–body. When it came to dinner time, we didn’t have any problems with him eating his…
Fearless? I was far from it as I looked down at the little square gift in my hands. Does this little box have a diamond in it or is it something else? It was my birthday—two days before Christmas. My boyfriend had asked my parents for their permission to marry me, but I didn’t know…
It’s the dead of winter in Michigan and its cold, and overcast. The water pipes in our bathroom nearly froze two weeks ago. Our heating system is on the fritz, and the flu bug hit our home this week. Sigh. *Thinking* “Why do we live in Michigan? Why do we still live in our garage?…
For so many years I operated on the belief that I should make time to read the scriptures. But what I never really realized was that the point of reading the scriptures wasn’t just about reading them, only. I had to understand the real reasons why I needed to read it . I also needed…