Over the weekend, I spent quality time with a group of friends for belated birthday celebrations. Due to our busy schedules and the pandemic, we haven’t been able to get together as often as we'd like. Also, we live about ninety minutes apart. Between those...
What if God answers your prayers more than you expect? As I've blogged previously, we lost our precious Penny at the beginning of July. As I mentioned in other previous posts, July was a very hard month for our family. Grieving stressed my body and threw me into an RA...
After brewing my tea and fixing my morning oatmeal, I sat in my comfy leather chair to embrace my quiet time. As I've mentioned in previous blog posts, July was a tough month for our family. In my state of grief, some of my daily practices had fallen to the wayside,...
My husband is on vacation this week. Instead of chilling on a sandy beach and listening to the waves crash against the shore, we have chosen to do a staycation. We’re finishing up projects around the house that have taken a back seat due to the busyness in our daily...
When I was a young mom, one of my greatest fears was losing one of our boys. At times, I allowed those fears to smother my faith and twist my thinking. Even after praying for God’s protection over my boys, I still struggled with letting go and trusting God. That...
This isn’t the blog post I planned to write. But life doesn’t always go as planned. Last Wednesday, our family entered into a season of grief and mourning as our precious Penny, a rescued chihuahua-mix, passed away unexpectedly. Praise God, my husband and I were home...
The Father He Deserves, the third book in my Holland Brothers series, releases today where most books are sold. Here's a brief blurb: A determined dad. A wary mother. Making amends is never easy… Injured in a kayaking accident, champion Evan Holland returns home to...
This morning, I flipped through my notebook skimming over my to-do lists for the past week. So. Much. Juggling. But that’s normal due to the different hats I wear—wife/mom/daughter/sister/aunt/writer/teacher—to name a few. But juggling isn’t uncommon, especially for a...
Years ago when we learned I was pregnant with our second child, I had a deep-seated fear—I loved our firstborn so much that I feared I wouldn’t be able to love our next child as much. Thankfully, that irrational fear disappeared pretty quickly because once the reality...
This past Christmas, my husband surprised me with an extravagant gift—a Canon EOS Rebel T7. While professional photographers may consider this a beginner camera, it’s a major upgrade for someone who is used to using her iPhone to take photos. Even though my husband...
