“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…
The Strength of Our Life
Sizing up the large, worn-out van that we planned to all pile into for our journey, I made an internal calculation of the available seats and the number of people in our group. Well, this is going to be … interesting, I mused…