• Life’s Canvas

    Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. ~ Pablo Picasso   My daughter has a way of sparring a conversation, often leaving you asking more questions than those that were answered. The other day was no different! She’s had her own fair share of difficult…

  • Safe in His Hands

    Charles H. Spurgeon wrote about a conversation he had once with a friend of his.  His friend was an old plowman, or farmer, who lived in the country.  He would sometimes visit with the old man who was very simple, yet often said some precious and profound things.  One particular day, he had this to…

  • Let’s talk mental health!

    “Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain.” — Matt Haig   I fought therapy for so long. I was spending my days just surviving in 2018. I can distinctly remember sitting on…

  • Broken Vessels

    We receive and we lose, and we must try to achieve gratitude, and with that gratitude embrace with whole hearts whatever of life that remains after the losses. ― Andre Dubus   I never would have said that my life was difficult. I have always accepted what I was given, adjusted, and moved on. I…