Baptizing a Christmas Angel

As she entered the room dressed in orange scrubs matching every other girl in the line of inmates, her dark brown eyes, hollow and empty, drew me in; but it was when she spoke that my heart melted. As she put her arms around me, she whispered, “My name is...

When We Give All We Have

I don’t think I truly understood what it meant to “give everything” to God until I finished writing Facing Dawn. I remember several years ago promising God half of any money made from this book when it was completed. I knew the strength I needed to...

Shhhhhh…….

It’s December 18th. Six more days until Christmas Eve.   Part of me wants to panic as I realize I haven’t wrapped the first gift. I haven’t even finished shopping.   But what would that change about today?   When does anxiety ever change reality?...

When Little Hands Talk………

Thanksgiving has become a bittersweet holiday for our family.   A swirling of gratitude with grief. A kaleidoscope of happy memories mixed with sad ones. A day of family togetherness, aching with the reality that some we love no longer sit around the table.   It never...

The Only Word Worth Sharing

I sat with an ink pen this morning and a piece of decorative paper, attempting to write a note to one of my friend’s co-worker who recently lost his daughter.   I found myself fully aware that there are no right words worth sharing in a time of such deep sorrow....