Category: Love

Learn from the Dandelions — The Resiliency of Military Children

Looking at a picture of my children sitting on a rocky hillside that I had edited to look like they were sitting

What if love heals hearts? Love changes everything. – What if love unifies a world broken apart in division? Love reduces stress.

Perhaps you’ve heard the concept that you can win every battle and still lose the war. In a marriage, every disagreement has

What makes pain go away? HEALING. What dries our tears? HOPE. What softens hearts? LOVE. What orders chaos? PEACE. But none of

I’m lying here in the darkness after awakening from horrible nightmares… again. In an act of desperation, I cry out that this

Protect me, Lord, My God. Hedgehogs have quills, Turtles have shells. The person who doesn’t know love has harsh words, and I

Jesus, when did my heart first lose its elasticity? Was it bit by bit, or was it one final snap of being

NOTE: This story contains suicidal ideations and abuse. As someone who grew up in the church, the phrase, “Turn the other cheek”

Our deck still needs to be stained by winter, which is coming fast here in Minnesota. Perry sanded it for me, and

How much space do I take up in this world? Is that measurement of space justified in what I do and what