When You Desperately Want a Happier Ending
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When You Long for God the Father’s Love to Embrace You
When my husband and I got engaged, his friend Hal thought it was necessary to educate me on the ways of marriage. Hal was schooled in matrimony by his wife from Venezuela, and now that he was no longer wild and free, he considered himself a marital expert of sorts. We were standing in front…
4 Ways to Love Deep in the Middle of a Conflict
His explosive tone of voice put me on edge. I asked him to adopt a kinder response, and he retorted with a sea of expletives. No matter how hard I try to avoid conflict with this person, a wide chasm of misunderstanding seems to separate us. I got up from the comfortable chair and announced…
How to Get By With a Little Help from Your Friends
Earlier this week, my friend Susan took 5 minutes to send me a hug via video. She gets me. She understands my life is crazy. She doesn’t try to fix me. She listens. Where would I be without my friends? In the midst of this crazy life,I need women who will point me to…
The Promising Remedy for When Poison Reaches Your Heart
I almost poisoned six women at a pot luck. I didn’t do it intentionally. I wasn’t even supposed to bake. Normally, I just buy a desert, but the gal who’d promised to bring the sweet treat ended up breaking a tooth. At the last moment, she had to back out, and I was short 1…
3 Heart Lessons Learned at the School of Hard Knocks
My students loved it when I graded on the curve. As a teacher, I accepted that if no one got a perfect score on the test, then a little adjustment was required. Consider it “educational grace.” I spent seventeen years in a high school classroom. As the years progressed, I became more and more lenient….