Every mom’s dreaded moment—your child is having a meltdown in a store.
Except this time, it was all three of my children at once.
And I was at the checkout, with nowhere to hide.
Essays
Strange Kindness
Has God sent a stranger’s kindness to you at just the right time?
God sent me a mysterious person at a critical moment when I was a depressed teen in the fall of 1994.
Teachers Plant Seeds
Did you ever receive a word of encouragement that shaped your future? As a child, I received words of encouragement from my teachers that helped shape my future as a writer.
June 1995 Journal Entry from the Beach
Adapted from my journal, written in Gulf Shores, Alabama
I’ve gone to many places where I feel hopelessly alone, a speck among the masses of life. I always feel bitterly afraid and angry, wishing there was something more, something real. And here I feel alone, but in a different way.
Why Forgiveness Is Essential
Forgiveness has been a long, necessary task, and it’s been essential in my healing as a child of divorce.
Most of my posts talk about the hurt I’ve endured and the healing I’ve experienced, but not much about forgiveness. The act of forgiveness has been an integral part of my healing process.