i remember the Christmas of 1985. It was about checkboxes for me. Dad died suddenly in June of 1985 and every major holiday, milestone, or event simply felt like a box to check off that year. First birthday – check. First anniversary – check. First Thanksgiving – check. As our checkbox Christmas approached, on one […]
dear younger-me,
Felt like we all needed another GO at this one… *originally posted in 2013 This morning i was thinking about a couple new friends who recently asked me to share some things i’ve learned…i’m ahead of them in life, ya see. And so, i asked myself what i wish i could go back and tell […]
7-yr old theology.
Re-posted from March 2007. True then. True now. “God worked that out for good!” That is TRULY one of the most heard quotes around here these days. It’s a Braedenism and he uses it daily like this: “Mom, want to know what God worked out for good today for me? Well, I wanted to bring […]
revealing and responding
Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of a moment and no matter the uncertainty, you can KNOW with clarity that it will become a pivot point in your life. Psalms was a pivot point for me. In 2014 God stirred a crazy notion in my heart to write a couple Bible studies examining the […]
remembering+hope
What do u see in this pic? Me? I see a comeback story. This story is rich with words like: hope, remembering, anxiety, uncertainty, joy, thankfulness, grit, pain, determination, comeback. This story spans 2 years…honestly it goes back much farther than that, but that’s another post for another day. This pic is about comebacks and […]
6.19.85
I’ve blogged about this day before. This year, I felt that stir that I needed to get some words down, too. Here’s the deal, tho…I don’t need “likes” or rahrahs bc I’m writing this. What I need is “shares”. This day is so NOT about me. Not about my words. It’s SO not. Let me back […]