Will u help me say yes? Will u help me reach 1000 subscribers? I feel called to write. Write-how to say yes to God and find life in unexpected places. . I’ve spent five years writing it down, taking classes, joining Compel training, attending She Speaks Writer’s Conference, paying editors, starting a blog, getting on social media. I’ve spent years trying to following advice. I’ve spent…
Not sure if many of you remember, but last summer I wrote a post about Steven James–founder of Kenya Relief. I wrote about Steve as an example of what someone’s yes looks like. What I didn’t share last summer was the story that was birthed out of the post. Last August while at Bryce Canyon Lodge, I sent Steve a draft of the post I wanted…
It was the spring of 1988 and my family had just pulled out of our driveway headed to church when my stomach twisted. I squirmed as I sat behind the driver’s seat of our 1979 chocolate brown Cadillac Sedan Deville. My seventeen year-old sister sat to my right and, because my brother was absent, the middle seat remained vacant. I guess the Holy Spirit needed the…
Monday night we returned from a last-minute trip to Colorado. Tim and I had met on a dude ranch in Colorado and taking the kids to the ranch had been on our bucket list. All it took, was the prospect of virtual learning for the next nine weeks to get us on a plane headed west. With the nearest town thirty-minutes away, we turned right off…
Omgoodness…Will my children ever go back to school?? It feels like another round of discouragement and distraction. I feel frustrated and bullied. One big perpetual uggh!!! This topic was not on my summer “yes” agenda but it is a topic I’m struggling to overcome. A reoccurring theme of discouragement and distraction. Frustration with where I am versus where I want to be. I woke up thinking…
Yesterday morning my eight year old son asked me to have a playdate with his best friend. But it wasn’t just any playdate. He wanted me to take him and his friend to Texas Roadhouse and let them eat out by themselves. Although it was a beautiful thought, I said no. He couldn’t understand it. Why would I not let them go out to eat by…
