Rest 1

Three years ago, we moved about 45 minutes from where I grew up. It's not far, really but it is a totally different dynamic where we are now from where we used to live. We did not cross state lines but it feels really far from home. My first inclination was to get into a …

A Testimony About Conflict

Six days ago, I was blindsided by the behavior of someone in authority who "ought to have known better". It messed me up. My husband and I facilitated a weekly discipleship group that was run through a local church. We've been doing this for about 5 months. Conflict (truly it was more preferences running high …

Too Quick To Cut

Judges 2:1-4 The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your ancestors. I also said: I will never break my covenant with you. 2 You are not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You are to tear …

Integrity

May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for you. Psalms 25:1 I remember when the big kids were little. How much I wanted them to not just enjoy coming to visit their father, but that they have a good, strong relationship with him and each other. My actions and my …

The Way of Escape

I’ve only ever hailed a cab once in my life. I was on vacation with my cousin and we took taxi’s to get around. She was a pro so I followed her lead. I’ve never hailed one by myself. However, at one point in time, I was an Uber professional and chose to Uber before …

Could It Be? The Answer Was Togetherness This Whole Time?

My husband said something. He said that I give Tanya too much power when I separate myself from him during events for the big kids. I never viewed it from that perspective before. I previously asked the lord to change my presets. Like the buttons on the car radio, I want the Lord to change …

Shaking, Unshakable Faith

I am currently in an urgent care facility waiting to be seen for a cough that I’ve had since August 2020. What took me so long was time and fear. Finding the time in life to schedule and appointment and get someone to watch my children. We've moved and I haven't looked for a primary …

Gaining More Perspective On The Child’s Mother

Leave it to God to give you insight on your enemy while you are having quiet time with him. I was reading a devotional yesterday and the writer mentioned the subtleties bias. She gave examples of how, in her own life, bias can infiltrate her statements. Just stating the facts is extremely difficult to do …

A Whole Lot Of Nothing

I was speaking to my oldest son Anthony yesterday. I was telling him not to judge the productiveness of a stay-at-home mom on the appearance of her house. I was telling him this so that when/if he gets married and he walks into his home and the house looks a mess, he doesn’t think his …

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

I just got off the phone with a woman who is in a blended family. Her husband's daughter is a new college graduate. Amidst all of the excitement over her major accomplishment, thoughts of a graduation party being hosted at this woman's home was suggested. The suggestion came from the new college graduate and her …