Loving a Broken Child

Brokenness is no one’s friend.  No one intentionally seeks it out.  No one wishes for it.  Most believe they don’t deserve it.  Yet, regardless of how we feel about brokenness, it still finds its way into our lives-- each of us experiencing pain in various forms--knowing that, if we wanted to, we could trace back …

3 Years of Silence

I’ve attempted to write this post roughly 100 times.  Each time I’ve tried writing an update, the same thing happens without fail; I can’t seem to figure out what to write about. Like most of my writings, they have all come to me quickly - I simply knew what I wanted to say. But not …

Clara Smith

It’s pretty obvious that I am not the best blogger.  It takes me awhile before I invest the time in writing something out.  But to be honest, sometimes I simply forget or just don’t find our present life that exciting to write about. Yet, every once and awhile something exciting happens, and this is one …

The Transition

tran·si·tion: the (sometimes annoying) process or period of changing from one state or condition to another The word transition has been on my mind a lot lately. Frequently finding myself trying to connect the dots of how we go from where we are to where we want to be. And, obviously, the only thing I …

Simply Sure/Unsure

Oh, to be sure of something. That highly anticipated galaxy aligning, sign in the sky, "aha moment." Isn’t it, by far, one of the greatest feelings? And when you finally get to a place where you’re confident in your new-found direction, you get asked the question, “But, are you sure?” “Well, yeah, I’m sure!” But …