It has been a few months since I cracked open my laptop to write a blog due to my pregnancy. I wanted to give myself some time to rest...

To the one in a season of uncertainty… Imagine you walk into the center of a roundabout; you know that little patch of grass that basks in the sun while the world continues to move around it. You are panicked, head on a swivel as you desperately try to discern which road leading away from your current destination is the one meant for you, the one that will lead you to your purpose and help you accomplish all those dreams and plans you have for your life. But without clear

I used to HATE the idea of therapy. Honestly, I cannot truly articulate the reason, but I assume it had something to do with the feeling that going admitted I was broken, crazy, or weak…. or something along those lines. I had bought into the stigma and because of it I often denied myself the help I needed. But God… Over the years He changed my perspective and humbled me a bit, showing me that as a human, I am inherently broken, and I need help sorting through and picking up a

Change [v] make someone or something different; alter or modify. [n] the act or instance of making or becoming different. Last Friday my husband and I climbed into our loaded vehicles and made the 7.5-hour drive to our new home: Fredericksburg Virginia. We drove through the flat roads of Ohio, cruised across bridges and boarders, winded through the mountains, and finally sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic before crossing the finish line to our home. Sunshine and warm weather gre

Have you ever taken a minute to think about your brain? You know… that big squishy blob of pink that is in your brain and firing signals along its vast maze of neurons at a rate that – if you think about it – may actually make your brain hurt? You don’t give much thought to it do you [I mean now you are cuz I told you to BUUUTTTT…] and yet it is constantly working to keep you alive. It is deeply and intimately involved with every aspect of your life. It regulates your balance

I'm going to blame it on the holiday season, but lately I have been thinking a lot about love. In every movie I watch, song that pops onto the radio, and book I read there are little phrases that consume my mind for the entirety of the day as I contemplate this emotion. I feel as if love is so much more complex and precious than so many of the other emotions we feel, and is so much more powerful. Earlier this week I was reading in the book of Daniel, and in my wandering throu