I’m a registered nurse in labor and delivery, and I love my job. (And shhh…don’t tell them, but I’d do it for free.) What an amazing opportunity to be present at an event that changes lives forever. To help a woman say hello to her baby, or to have the sacred privilege of helping […]
Because It’s All About Choosing to See
I wonder how much I’ve missed because I often fail to see. My eyes are blinded to a perspective beyond myself, and frankly its easier to just wallow in my current view and refuse to consider another one. It is often easier to see the dark clouds over my head and the difficulty of the now, instead […]
For When You Dare to Risk Enough to Be Real
Are you daring enough to be real? Are you willing to tell a friend the raw truth because you believe they’ll be better because of it? Because you can see beyond the conflict of the now? Are you willing to risk being hurt in order to gain relationship? Are you willing to open up? To […]
My Weekend Wish For You {Together with Joy and Laughter and Love}
 Joy can be contagious, and laughter the best medicine. We weren’t created to live life alone, and our hearts are happier and our lives more full when we live life together … when we let go of our inhibitions and live in the now—talking and laughing and embracing just because we can. I used […]
Press On, my Friend! {In Whatever Season You’re In}
I know the good-bye is coming. Because of my experience I know how the time is going to fly. And how is it, I can know that—how can I say I want to make every moment count, but still allow their childish silliness and rowdy laughter to make me crazy on a daily basis? And I […]
For When You Long to Know How to REALLY Be Beautiful
It is a beautiful thing to receive a gift. Because you know someone is extending a bit of themselves to you because they want to—because you matter to them. And yet, I’m beginning to believe it really IS more beautiful to give. To be the one to give my time helping another. To offer a compliment when […]
When You Feel Like Saying “I Can’t Do This!”
She delivered her fourth baby yesterday and you could hear her all the way down the hall. Her epidural didn’t work and she was SO loud. And while birth is a beautiful moment, it’s work—work that really, REALLY hurts. And when there’s that much pain, it’s almost impossible to see the beauty that’s on its […]
Brave is…
Brave is… …when you send the email apologizing, and don’t even know if there will be a response. …when you sit and breathe deep, and stay engaged in the disagreement–unsure if you’ll even be heard. …when you stand before a crowd of people, on a scary stage alone, and speak your story out loud … […]
Empty to be Filled Again
To be filled, we must first be empty. To be used, we must be hollow and open–available and ready. And as those who love God, we are His. We are the vessels on this earth who shine His glory. Because He has chosen us to hold the greatness of His power that is only from Him […]
For When Your Heart Aches…
Do I really dare to write the ways my heart aches—the ways I feel bare and exposed? How do I give words to the dull underlying feeling that seems to be inevitable in this life? I drive to work as the sun begins to rise, and the song plays. And its refrain undoes me. I ache at the […]
