Dearest Solo, Going solo is a roller coaster, isn’t it? You may find yourself crying behind the bathroom door, shut away so your children won’t see your tears. Sometimes, you sit through jam sessions with your married friends and rejoice you haven’t lost a wink of sleep because you don’t share a bed with a…
Tag: Prayer
Prayer and the Single Life
Backpacks were set out and organized in preparation for another weekend at Dad’s. This routine was still new to all of us and the stabbing pain of leaving them at the doorstep and driving away never seemed to dissipate. My boys seemed so little in their beds. The anticipation of having to endure this event…
Raw – When Striving Rests
*Authors Note: Sometimes during my quiet time, I read through previous journal entries. I found this prayer I wrote a month ago and it still resonated so deeply again today that I thought to share it with you in it’s true, raw form. No edits, no fluffing, just raw. Heavenly Father, you set me…
Ebenezer: On This Place I Will Remember
I have a place I go, once a year, every year. I’ve been coming here for 6 years. Each and every time I step foot into this place, Jesus shows up and meets me here. We cry together, laugh together, grow together, fight battles together and rejoice in each other. We call this place “Women’s…
This. Is. Happening.
Standing in the back of the room, eyes closed, soaking in the worship around me, I hear it. The still small voice, “This. Is. Happening.” A picture of Africa flashes across my min. “Oh ya,I leave in about a month” I tell myself. Then a panic rises up from my belly to my chest, “This….
