Trusting God’s plan and timing
I love writing letters to my mom but it took me months to write a “Letter to Me” for my dear friend Kelly Smith at Mrs Disciple. Kelly and I met through Jen Hatmaker’s For the Love launch team this summer and have maintained an online relationship over the last few months, sharing encouragement and…
My husband is the absolute most difficult person to shop for on my Christmas list. Gifts are not his love language, and, although he is generally very laid back, he is extremely particular about things like clothing. Hence, my first annual gift guide for him was a bit of a challenge. I’ve tried to provide…
We lost my stepmom a year ago, this month. Before I knew Karen, and before my dad met Karen, she lived in South Africa for many years with her late husband. Unable to ever have biological children of her own, she fell in love with Africa and adopted its many children into her heart. Going…
‘Tis (the start of) the season for giving, and November is National Adoption Month. Today, I’m linking up with my For the Love sisters to share a few of my favorite adoption-minded charities, in central Texas and beyond. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their…
When I was a small child, my mother often found me teaching class in my bedroom, my, then, compliant baby brother lined up in a neat row betwixt my stuffed animals on the floor. I wanted to be many things as I got older–a country singer, a travel agent, a marine biologist, even, in high…
