On the biggest night in history, Jesus prayed earnestly to His Father. Rising from prayer, He found His disciples sleeping. Did they know what was about to happen? Did they grasp the magnitude of what would take place? If they understood, would they have slept? In Mark’s account, Jesus addresses Peter, the one who in […]

Photo: Pixabay Most of us love receiving gifts. One of my favorite gifts is a box full of all kinds of sweet chocolates. I think most of us can agree on that, but what if, instead of chocolate, you open up the box to find only the chocolate wrappers. How would it make you feel? […]

Photo: Pixabay Publishing and marketing our book Princess Training and starting a blog has been one of the most frightening things I have attempted to accomplish.  Neither of these ventures guarantees success. Recently, I have struggled with not letting my confidence go up and down with book sales or blog visits. Confidence. A seemingly elusive […]

Photo: Pixabay Have you observed a conversation with friends who are discussing what number they are? Before I became aware of the Enneagram, I kept hearing people discussing their numbers and wondered what in the world they were talking about… I wanted to discover why the Enneagram was such a hot topic. So, I participated […]

My husband and I love kids! We look forward to starting a family of our own. Imagine our excitement when the pregnancy test showed positive. We announced the exciting news to our family and friends, started planning, and dreamed of what the future would be like with this new little one. We longed for the […]

Photo: Pixabay Oh no! I thought I was over this! Why does it keep coming back? Sometimes our struggles can be like a head cold that lingers. We think we got rid of it and then it hits us again! One thing every human has had in common since the beginning is struggle. The fact […]

Life has a way of bringing us to a place of seemingly utter defeat. It is in these times that we begin to question: Where is God? Why is he letting this happen to me? What have I done to deserve this? I think as Christians, a lot of times instead of dealing with these […]

Photo: Pixabay What do you do first thing in the morning? For most girls, we look in the mirror. We gots to see how we lookin’ for the day. It’s amazing to me that the mirror can be such a powerful object in our lives. Just one look in the mirror can set the tone […]

Photo: Pixabay Cleaning Out Our Case Files Forgiving can be a hard thing to do! A person’s actions or our own mistakes can leave deep emotional scars. Sometimes we believe we have forgiven but the pain keeps returning. We find ourselves again pulling up case files in attempts to justify our actions. What are case […]

I work in a daycare with kids every day. They are so cute! It is hard to go throughout the day without smiling. One day, one of the girls was being super cute. I told her she was a cutie patootie, so she said, “I ain’t no patootie.” We have reason to smile I hope that […]