As someone who is a glass half full kind of girl, my recent season seems to be challenging my psyche. Sickness, loss, death and mortality are front of mind. Most of my daily writing stays in my personal pages, but decided to be brave and post a few in hopes it may encourage someone else […]

The swim team is a T H I N G, friends! Recently we made a trip to Dallas and I was sitting around a table of new friends. Some had signed up for the same swim team and voiced some frustrations. It didn’t take long into our conversation for them to express how overwhelming it […]

Recently I picked up a little book to encourage me forward with writing. “Keep Moving” Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change by Maggie Smith was a gift that I had no clue my soul needed. Each page is filled beautifully with short words of wisdom and encouragement. Every few days I would pick it up […]

When January comes around there is a feeling that makes our family want to purge. When you have lived in the same home for 11+ years, it can be easy to accumulate stuff. Especially when it has become easier than ever to bring “stuff” into our homes. Recently we worked on reorganizing our bedroom and […]

In 2022 I took a big leap of faith and attended my first writing conference. Becoming a writer has been something that I have slowly worked at for years. From the early days in 2010 as an infertility blogger, to starting a women’s ministry for a short time, the written and spoken word has always […]

Mom (Melanie) and I before our first Walk to End Alzheimer’s in 2013. Grief is a funny thing. One minute you are a woman confidently walking through a place that you feel at home and the next minute you are sobbing in the Atlanta airport. My sweet mama has been gone for four years. But […]

For years I have loved that I have made lots of incredible friends from all over the world. What a blessing it is to live life with people who you know and can learn from. Different people bring out different parts of me. The people who surround us are what make us completely human. Pieces […]

And why you should have some also. Recently someone reached out for prayer. More than anything I wanted to affirm her and point her to the source that gives her strength. It reminded me of a friend who suggested I do something while I was going through a tough season. Friendship, belonging, and honestly knowing […]