• But Did I Share the Gospel?

    We’re continuing our Women Living Well series this week on the topic of your walk with the King.  “Your influence as a mother is powerful, don’t waste it. Little eyes are watching you.” ~ Courtney Joseph, Women Living Well Ohhhh, Friends. Isn’t it in the smallest things that we find the greatest “ah haa moments” ? Just yesterday, I asked my son to clean his room. As most ten year olds do, he bantered back and forth with me, “Maaaaaa, it’s summmmmer”, and “Maaaa, I cleaned my room yesterday!” Finally, when I mentioned the upcoming consequence, he begrudgingly ran upstairs, shut the door, and from my knowledge did what he was supposed…

  • Asking for Help

    I don’t know exactly when it started, I just remember feeling angry and frustrated with my husband – almost every single day – for weeks. One evening after a pretty intense “discussion,” J.J. told me that no matter what he did or how hard he tried, it was never enough. He was right. I constantly found fault in him as a husband and as a dad. But the fact that he implied I was impossible to please … well that sent my already-unreasonable emotions reeling. I grabbed my coat and stormed out the front door. Hot tears streaming down my cheeks, I replayed our conversation in my head. Determined to…

  • Speeding–Yes, Me ~ And a Titus 2sday Link Up!

    About a month ago I got caught speeding. The thing is that I’m not usually like this. I don’t purposely break the law, but I was incredibly stressed about something that day, and just as I started to pray about it I noticed that I was over the speed limit. Okay, I’ll tell you what it was… I have an over-active bladder, I had just come out of a 45-minute traffic jam, and all I could think of was getting to a bathroom fast! It was a serious issue–at the time. Lifting my foot off the gas I slowed down, just in time to see a traffic cop at the…