This blog has become our family travel and devotional journal. I pray that you are blessed our journey.

My Latest Posts

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• Overwhelmed by my blessings…October 9, 2025
  One of my favorite songs is Garth Brooks’ “Unanswered Prayers.” The general premise is that, in hindsight, he didn’t get what he prayed for. Instead, he received a different and… Read more: Overwhelmed by my blessings…
• When you have to wait to cry…August 29, 2025
  Sometimes I find that there is so much swirling around me- so many responsibilities, questions, concerns- that I can’t possibly take time to be still. It’s maybe in part because… Read more: When you have to wait to cry…
• Peace… already mineAugust 14, 2025
  What brings you peace? The Word says that if my mind is focused on Christ, I am promised peace. Like the apostle, Peter, though, I sometimes get focused on the… Read more: Peace… already mine
• Getting ReadyMarch 15, 2025
  Sometimes we think we are getting ready for one thing, but God is preparing us for something unexpected. This morning I dragged myself up as the alarm softly chimed. After… Read more: Getting Ready
• The Grief of Pre-death Mourning.February 8, 2025
  If you look closely at the photo above, you will see that exhausted woman is holding onto a hand she has held since before she became a legal adult. She… Read more: The Grief of Pre-death Mourning.
• Soak it up, mammaJanuary 15, 2025
  As a mom of grown girls and elementary age boys, I am so aware of how little time I have left to soak up with my little men.
• When YOUR World StopsJanuary 13, 2025
  There are some times in life when your world seems to operate in a different time dimension than the rest of the world. I find that when someone I love… Read more: When YOUR World Stops
• Cozy HomesMay 25, 2024
  Do you avoid guests because your house is messy-not necessarily gross, just lived-in with real life feel? Maybe it’s just cozy.
• Bonnet Springs ParkApril 9, 2024
  We had such a wonderful day at Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland, Florida! This is by far the nicest and largest park I remember visiting in my life. Except for… Read more: Bonnet Springs Park
• tattoosMarch 20, 2024
  I’ve always been fascinated by nearly all forms of art. Tattoos are naturally, then, intriguing. When I was going through a very difficult time in life, a middle school student… Read more: tattoos
• The Muddy Places…October 13, 2023
  I used to love mud. The feeling of it squishing up between my toes gave my 8 year old self much delight. However, let that mud touch my hands and… Read more: The Muddy Places…
• Faith: Use What You’ve GotApril 30, 2022
  Are you feeling like you lack something? Maybe God just wants you to look at things differently. What do you already have in your basket?
• JudgedApril 23, 2022
  Parenting is hard. In case parents don’t have enough guilt from their own hearts, there are also plenty of people, sometimes complete strangers who are willing to heap more thoughts about the “right” way to raise offspring. Let’s talk about how to give and take unsolicited advice.
• Documenting Grief, History, Horror: The Holocaust Museum, JerusalemMarch 22, 2022
  There are no words, just tears….
• P.E. (Or how to wear out your kids so you can function)February 21, 2022
  If you have kids like mine, they wake up with sugar coursing through their veins before they have even eat a bite of cereal! I realized very early on in… Read more: P.E. (Or how to wear out your kids so you can function)
• Never ForgottenFebruary 18, 2022
  What markers of God’s faithfulness are in your life?

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