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I’m a get-it-done girl. At least I’ve always liked to think I am. Here’s the reality: For far too long, I loaded way too many things on my plate. I became overwhelmed and paralyzed. Unable to finish what I started. I felt like a failure, always assuming that women far better than I could have most likely conquered these tasks with ease…

“Can you hear that?” I asked my husband as we stood outside in the dead of winter. “Hear what?” he asked me. “Shhh … I want to remember this moment forever,” I replied, taking in a deep breath to let the chill of winter fill my nose and lungs. The truth is, there was nothing…

This morning, I had every intention of taking a hot shower, enjoying a hot cup of coffee, doing a few household chores and getting the newsletter out on time. But just before I was about to step into the bathroom, the power went out. Happy, happy. Joy, joy. I thought to myself sarcastically. “Power company said…

Last week, we talked about how one word from God changes everything. But did you know that one word from your lips can also shift the world you’re living in? In Matthew 15:11, Jesus says that it’s “not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles…

Every New Year’s Eve in college, I made a list of the resolutions and expectations I had for the new year to come, many of which were unattainable or unrealistic. The year I graduated college was the worst. I don’t have my resolutions/expectations sheet in front of me, but if I had to guess what…

Only two more sleeps till we cue the confetti for the new year. For the new decade. This is one of my favorite times of the year – the slow week between the frenzy of Christmas and return to normal after New Year’s Day. It’s a week of planning, of dreaming and of starting healthy…