Happy Monday! I wanted to share this with you. Poor bird was just enjoying his day, basking in the sun on that rock, when I came along with my camera 🙂 He was so still at first that my family and I thought it was a statue. But he would move little by little […]
The Prodigal’s Road Home
It’s a familiar story. The prodigal son takes his inheritance, leaves home, squanders everything, gets a job feeding pigs while he’s starving, realizes his mistake, goes back home to work as a servant, but is welcomed by his father with love and celebration (Luke 15:11-32). But the story doesn’t tell us what happens to the […]
Five Minute Friday: True
Truth is I’m on my 2nd bottle of Mucinex and millionth cup of tea. Okay, 7th cup of tea. I hate being sick. It makes me a headcase. I can’t think, can’t breathe, and can hardly sleep. My nose is stuffed and my inhaler is always within an arm’s reach. And here’s where I apologize […]
Five Minute Friday: She
She paused, pen mid-air. Her mouth hung open.  Her eyes confused, baffled, lost. Words I never want to describe my nurse ever again. Today, I’m going to get real about something all women go through, but that I only go through 1-2 times a year. When the nurse asked me when I last had my period, […]
Why I’m a Child Sponsor
When I found out about child sponsorship, my heart beat a little harder. My mom didn’t allow me because I was in high school. Then in college, a World Vision rep made a presentation at chapel and I signed up at her table. I asked to sponsor a baby girl from the Philippines. I received […]
Five Minute Friday: Mercy and Compassion
The two lawyers stood facing each other, reeling from each other’s deception. “Mercy,” she said, “is from a position of power.” It was the day of my final exam. I was dead tired from studying the previous day and night. I had a presentation to make, but I didn’t make it to class on time. […]
We Remember 9/11
I remember my history teacher explaining to us the magnitude of the 9/11 attacks. He said, “You will remember exactly where you were when you heard about the Twin Towers.” I didn’t even know what the Twin Towers were, but he was right. It was a cold morning. I dragged myself into my 7 am […]