Blogging Through the Seasons

When I’ve felt torn apart, I have felt the Lord’s healing presence through praise music, prayer, and people. I love listening to praise music. I have it on all the time, especially in the car, because it brings me joy and is uplifting. I feel as though the Lord...

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may...

God often reveals my life to me like a panorama. He reminds me of the paths I have walked, the moments I have stumbled, and the times He has lifted me up again. Like a movie preview, He allows me to glimpse the past, helping me recognize His presence in every moment....

In 2022 I lost my two sons to cancer. My eldest and middle child were both gone within three months of each other. I felt torn apart and my grief was deep. I was also consumed with fear that I might lose my only living child, Nicole. And to top it all, I was...

Spring Break 2018 was about to begin. It was Friday, and I had finished teaching my last class of the day. I sat down at my desk, exhausted and grateful for a week to breathe and grade and sleep in, when my principal came in. He told me that I had been terminated, and...

Life has its ups and downs, but it’s those times when everything feels like it’s falling apart that really shake us—and yet, what feels like the end can actually mark the beginning of something good. A few years ago, I had one of those moments. I had just transitioned...