Surviving-The Tie That Binds Us Together

To anyone else casually passing by us in the airport, we’re just two women, two friends, laughing probably a bit too loudly, our words rattling off at a clip of what seems to be a mile a minute, as we perch on our seats, trying to squeeze a lifetime of conversation...

I Can’t Fix This

As originally published on The Mighty in March 2015: To my daughter’s complex medical issues, We don’t know yet if you have a formal name, like “syndrome,” “disease” or “disorder,” or if you’re just a random group of health issues, but I’ll be honest. I wouldn’t...

Prayer for accepting yourself as God created you to be

I share the following prayer on prayer cards that John Motschall of Michigan is so kind to print through his family ministry. For those who don’t have the chance to receive one at an event, here is my prayer not only for myself, but for you, too: “Before I...

Daughter: But Mommy, My Brother Was Born in Your Belly

Some posts have been, in my opinion, particularly powerful, so I want to repost them from time to time.  Here is one of those posts. As first published on LifeNews (http://www.lifenews.com/2012/12/13/daughter-but-mommy-my-brother-was-born-in-your-belly/), on December...