Wise in My Own Eyes
With my cozy blanket pulled all around me, I snuggle down into my thrifted sofa and spend time soaking in my surroundings. Reminders of real-life living touch every corner of our home. Mismatched socks in a pile, leftover cold coffee waiting to be reheated for the...
It Starts Today: Chapter One
I am an open book. A book filled with laughter, colorful stories, family bonding and beautiful memories. A book filled with bedlam moments, loneliness, heartbreak and continual processing. Our family story stretches through chapters of both celebrations and difficult...
She Says I’m Honest
image High school girls just seem to know. I think that special “sense” intuitively arrives when they hit their first teen year, and it’s honed to perfection as they get older. They sniff out a fake, even if they might be one themselves. They sense when other girls...
In Moments of Crisis
His mercies are new every morning. (Lam. 3:-22-23) Three months have passed, yet the call still haunts me. “Jen, it’s a brain tumor. It’s Johnny… They think it’s malignant. They are doing surgery tonight.” As I perched at the edge of our church stage during...
