"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29...

I go back and forth between feeling ready to face the world and wanting to hide myself away in my house forever. That's what PTSD does. Just when you think y...

Thirteen. The total number of years of my life stolen by my ex-husband. Being divorced for the last five years has not been a deterrent; he has still been ab...

In this life, we are all given choices. Right and wrong. Big and small. Every day is wrought with them. One of the hardest lessons I have had to learn about ...

One day, out of the blue, a man will come along. When you meet, you'll immediately know he's good. Good in a Godly way. Different from all the others. Gentle...

Prior to my marriage, I was a fairly self-confident woman. I worked out one to two hours every day, and was very fit and full of energy. A healthy lifestyle w...

I struggled today. I held back the deluge as long as I could. The dam broke while I was bathing my youngest this evening, my body racked with heavy sobs. My ...

I'm not one for New Year's resolutions. I find too often my life gets too crazy to stick to them so I usually don't take the time to come up with any. With t...

I have a recurring nightmare about my ex-husband. For many years, it occurred on a nightly basis, sometimes more than once a night. I would wake up crying in...

I can just imagine you walking around the school like a big macho man after you hurt him. After you tell him for the umpteenth time that everyone hates him a...

The other night, I had to clean out an old dresser I'd decided to sell. I'd had it for many years and it was stuffed full of ten-years' plus of random things...

I used to love Christmas. I would go all out and decorate every room of my house down to bedding. My Christmas tree was decorated in a different theme every ...

On the commute home from work yesterday, I had some time to think about my journey. About how I've ended up where I am and how my ex-husband ended up where h...

I've never been one to fit into a mold. I am the existential outcast. The free-spirit. The hippie. The "nice" girl. Lover of solitude with an eclectic taste ...

Here I go again. I can feel the darkness creeping up on me. I feel the enemy's voice telling me I'm not worthy. That I am a mistake and not meant to be loved...

I am incredibly blessed to have an amazing church home. A church family that takes into consideration every single member no matter his or her circumstances....

One of the many struggles I've faced since escaping an abusive marriage has been figuring out who I am. Everything is different now. I view the world through...

Grief. We’ve all had to deal with it at one time or another in our lives. It’s always lurking just around the corner waiting to jump out and grab you when yo...

Do you ever feel like you have hit the proverbial brick wall? Like your life just seems to be at a standstill? Do you feel stuck? Bored and/or exhausted? Or ...

1 Peter 3:3-4 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning b...