Life does not always go the way we expect it or even want it to go. Disappointments happen. I dreamed of being a stay-at-home wife/mother; I am a full-time librarian. I wanted children; I’m unable to have them. I planned to convert my parent’s barn into a house and live ...

One of my favorite verses is John 8:32: “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jesus came to set us free from sin and redeem us from the power of the devil. As we receive a revelation of truth, we are set free in ...

Our words have power, and they are containers for life and death. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit, Proverbs 18:21. Women speak on average about 20,000 words per day, nearly three times more than the 7,000 words ...

Do you remember your first experience with Facebook? I recall it being underground-advertised as a cooler, more grownup replacement for the social media network, MySpace. At first, Facebook really seemed to have an edge nonexistent in MySpace. It was a place where intelligent socialites and professional networking types could interact ...

  My Child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2 I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3 Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31 For ...

I teach. I am a sounding board reverberating simple instructions into the atmosphere known as the classroom. My mind is a magnitude of knowledge bursting at the edge of my skull while it watches the hairs on my head turn into a slumbering shade of gray. Frustration is fuming all ...

It doesn’t matter how the day is going, or what has been accomplished, something is bound to go wrong.  One of my favorite exclamations when this happens to me is ‘There is always something!’ We’ve all been there.  We plan an event, or a trip, or even just a simple, ...

Here are two stories about veterans spanning the younger and older generations. Army Corporal Ethan Laberge was severely wounded in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber which killed two of his buddies. Shrapnel disabled his legs and right arm. He so far as gone through 10 surgeries. He also suffered memory ...

“What can I get for you today?” “May I have your special without any mayo, mustard, onion, tomatoes, pickles, or lettuce? Oh, and can you take off the Swiss and replace it with cheddar, and then change the pickles to fresh cucumbers and the mayo to light ranch. Not ranch, ...

One of the first things I do when I set out to write, is open a tab on my computer for Dictionary.com. This website is my writing buddy; it offers a plethora of definitions as well as myriad synonyms. I typed the letter D in the URL and up pops ...