Dec 23, 2013 | Faith
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...
Dec 19, 2013 | Faith
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...
Dec 18, 2013 | Faith
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?...
Dec 17, 2013 | Faith
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...
Dec 16, 2013 | Faith
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....