I actually wrote this yesterday, but we couldn’t get internet connection, so I am posting it today. I told myself I would be real, and so I’m going to be honest. Today is such a hard day. It feels like a lot has caved in on us again. I asked Dan once again, how much…
As if it’s not obvious already, Christmas is just around the corner. Roads are getting slick, people are shopping in a frenzy, Christmas music has begun, and we are 23 days away from celebrating the most magnificent birth. I have mentioned before that I am in a Bible study and we are going through Anne…
When people have asked me this week how I am doing, I say good; I say that because I really think I am doing good. I was talking to someone today and I said I had a few rough and tough spots last week, so on days when I feel I’m doing good, I really…
I love what I do. I know why I do what I do. When I was at Kuyper College, I thought when I graduated I would be either be a school social worker or a marriage/family therapist. I was accepted into the Master’s program at Western Michigan, all I had to do was sign the…
Problems are part of life. They are inescapable: woven into the very fabric of this fallen world. You tend to go into problem-solving mode all too readily, acting as if you have the capacity to fix everything. This is a habitual response, so automatic that it bypasses your conscious thinking. Not only does this habit…
Today I am thankful because God has given me 27 years of life. I have had a good birthday, one of relaxation, reflection, and football. Dan is gone hunting til tomorrow, so tonight I decided to get my free medium pizza one topping (mushroom of course) from Papa Johns. Scrumptious. And watch football. Because I’ve…
