Link to the Together, We Can Do This post

Together, We Can Do This

Several years ago, a friend and I took a motorcycle trip out to Oregon. Our journey took us through South Dakota. As I rode west on Route 212 heading toward the Missouri River, enjoying the beautiful...
Link to the Unlike Anyone I’ve Ever Met post

Unlike Anyone I’ve Ever Met

I have a friend who was in a severe car wreck earlier this year. To say they were shaken up is an understatement. In fact, their whole world got turned upside down. I’ve seen the damaged vehicle and...
Link to the Girls Are Good At Math post

Girls Are Good At Math

During a college math methods class, the professor told all the future teachers, “Make sure you all dispel the myth about girls and math.” I’m sure I made a baffled face that communicated,...
Link to the I Love How He Works post

I Love How He Works

God called my daughter to teach elementary school in our school district. Everyone in our family supported this calling because, after all, she was a hometown girl, and don’t teachers give birth to...
Link to the It’s Time To Change post

It’s Time To Change

How well do you do with change? When something familiar gets challenged or comes to an end, how do you respond? Maybe you play it off as fine but feel disappointed inside. Maybe you speak out against...
Link to the It’s Possible. post

It’s Possible.

I didn’t consider myself the most likely person to get a book published. I didn’t have any formal writing training or connections in the publishing industry. I knew nothing about publishing a book...
Link to the One Weird Little Girl post

One Weird Little Girl

I have a distinct memory from childhood. Experts say we retain memories from the age of four. At night, during the summer, my mom let me go out in our backyard with my PJs on and look at the moon. I...
Link to the He was Rejected for Us post

He was Rejected for Us

My precious ten-year-old daughter stormed up the stairs stomping as hard as her little legs allowed. As she slammed the bedroom door she bellowed, “I hate you!” Being an adult, I was truly...
Link to the Gutsy and Good Prayers post

Gutsy and Good Prayers

Making requests of a fanciful god is the stuff of fairytales. But praying to the one true God of the Bible is gutsy and good. What’s the difference? Your Heavenly Father is real and really wants to...