Exhausted in body and aching in my soul, I yearned for the smallest measure of reprieve from the intensity our family was walking through.
All His
“Girl, you are in the prime of your life! Why are you spending your best years raising someone else’s children, hidden away in a third-world country?”
The Response of My Heart
While working away on the day’s projects, my eyes drifted up from my computer screen and landed on a framed photo on the wall…
His Matchless Love
Walking through the small mountain village in southern China, my senses were alive with curiosity and awe as I found myself far beyond the reaches of all my previous life experiences…
Embracing the Season
“Sweetheart, I’m a little concerned,” my mum gently expressed to me…
The Beauty of Generosity
My mother’s favorite adornment to her clothing was a bright sparkling pin that simply said the word “JESUS”…
In Everything
Standing together with their feet in the sand, a symphony of ocean waves in the background, the newlyweds looked at each other with smiles…
Treasured Dependency
Mum reached out and set her hand reassuringly on mine, her eyes shining with confidence and understanding. In a barely audible whisper she strained, “I believe you can do it.”
Continually Before Me
Some years ago on a late-summer morning, I set off in the early dawn for a solitary walk on the wet sands of the Oregon Coast…