Beauty from the  Ashes

February 16, 2017 I recently took my twelve-year-old son on a sushi date. He loves sushi. When we walked into the restaurant, he inhaled...

February 3, 2017 I’ve been feeling a little bit blue lately. Everything in my life is going fine, but in the back of my mind, when I...

January 17, 2017 I was 15 when I learned to drive. I can still hear my dad’s voice in my head saying, “Whenever you’re blinded by...

January 10, 2017 I heard the dog whining to go out at 8:00 in the morning, so I crept out of bed. The rest of my family was still asleep,...

December 30, 2016 You know how some families do that thing where they share their High from the day and their Low from the day? My family...

December 15, 2016 I'm lying in my bed reading with the heater going with my kids snugly watching TV in the living room after playing...

December 12, 2016 Let’s talk about something awkward. Has there ever been a person in your life who just “rubbed you the wrong way”?...

December 5, 2016 The other night when I tucked Ivy into bed, she was anxious about her upcoming solo at her Christmas program. She’s been...

November 21, 2016 I was awakened this morning by two things: my headache and the cat. I had a headache on one side of my face, (you know...

November 14, 2016 When I was a little girl, I had a cat named Muffin. My mom tells me that my grandma found Muffin under a bridge when...