Desire for Food vs. Desire for God

It’s no secret that I’ve dealt a lot with food, I’ve shared a lot about my food/weight struggles. Food has been a comfort to me in times of bad, and good. It has been something that I use knowing that I have full control on what I eat and how much I eat. Unfortunately, food is something that brings me great peace, and happiness….

4 Suggestions to Help Parent in 2024

I think we can all agree that parenting is so difficult, but parenting in 2024 can be even more so. While some things never change, there seems to be much more pressure in different areas than when I was in school! My 13 year old (she’ll be 14 near the end of the month) daughter just started her freshman year of high school, and…

Relying on the Promises of God: Part Two

Welcome back, friends! I know that once again; it has taken me a bit of time to get out another post. But any parents know how difficult it can be with kids! Thankfully, the Lord has given me the strength I need to push through, and the ability to sit down and write to you all! I wanted to get the part two of…

Relying on the promises of God: Part One

My friends, I would like to first say that I’m so sorry for taking so long to post another blog! Life has been hectic with school, sick kids, church activities, and physical therapy! The time just slipped away from me, and here we are, two weeks later, and I am finally writing something else! Thank you all for your patience! What is a promise?…

learning to love to pray out loud

I’ve always hated public speaking. I’ve never enjoyed the idea of getting up in front of a group of people and talking about something. Being the “center of attention” terrifies me, and it’s not something that I would immediately volunteer to do. I’m like Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries! Okay, I’ve never gotten so nervous that I run out and throw up, but…

Giving Grace

Recently things have been difficult with our 11, almost 12-year-old. A lot of it is preteen things, and things that puberty brings out. However, it really doesn’t make things any easier for her dad and me! Many times she asks us to do things with her friends, have friends sleepover, go somewhere, get her something, etc, etc! But when she treats us how she…

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Does that quote sound familiar? We all know that this is a quote from the Disney movie Snow White. The Evil Queen has a magic mirror and asks it every day who is the fairest of them all. Every day the mirror says that she is, except one day when it told her…

Being kind when we don’t want to

Have you stopped and looked at our world lately? It’s full of violence, separation, anger, and so much more. It’s full of people who believe that they’re the only ones right, and you have to agree with them. If you don’t, you can end up being the enemy. All over media, famous people, and on any social media; you see people talking and encouraging…