To Persevere or Let Go?
My family started geocaching a few years ago. Geocaching is a recreational activity that uses a GPS to go on treasure hunts all over the world. It has been a great pastime that allows us to take in...
View ArticleNaughty or Nice in the New Year?
As the year comes to a close and I start to think about 2013, I have been pondering what I need to change in my life. The question that keeps coming to mind is have I been “naughty or nice” this past...
View ArticleSuffering in the Body | By Kim Amrine | Guest Post
About 2½ years ago, a light bulb came on for me. I was re-reading Dr. Cloud and Townsend’s book, “How People Grow.” Dr. Cloud posed a question to a group of experienced pastors, “If you had to arm...
View ArticleThe Road to Spain, Update 4 ~ Mental Readiness
As the countdown calendar on my blog has turned to days (28 as of today) until I arrive in Spain, I feel the pressure mounting to get things done. I have struggled with an internal battle in my...
View ArticleLeading With Love
Weddings are a time of great celebration, excitement, and hope for a beautiful future—a fairy tale ending. Brides often enter into marriage dreaming of living happily ever after. However, the...
View ArticleA Journey to Stepmother Love
I was nine years old when my parents divorced. I’ll never forget that day. After hearing the news, I ran into the woods behind our house and cried my eyes out. “Why? Why? Why?” I cried to God. Those...
View ArticleYou Can’t Always Get What You Want
I borrowed the title for this post from the 1969 song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Not that the Rolling Stones are a source of spiritual wisdom or Godly counsel,...
View ArticleKeeping our Loved ones’ Memories Alive, Part 1
Every year I mark the anniversary of my mother’s passing by writing her a letter. For the past two years I’ve published excerpts of those letters online to model healing and vulnerability, and...
View ArticleParenting a Teen with ADHD ~ The Journey toward Graduation
Maybe you think ADHD is just a label and isn’t even a real diagnosis. I fell into that category myself in the past, have struggled with it for years, and didn’t really chose to learn how to live with...
View ArticleA Grateful Lesson in Letting go of our Children
Originally posted on Journeys To Mother Love: As much as I want it too, time doesn’t stand still. In fact as we age I’ve found that it actually seems to move at a faster pace. Kids grow up, graduate...
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