Sometimes we don't know how good we've had it until it's absent. Until it's not there anymore. As the saying goes, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" (Thomas Haynes Bayly). Whether that's a person or a thing or a place, we all know how this feels. I think my heart...

So, here we are at the end of a crazy week. Probably the craziest week I've ever experienced! COVID-19 has surely turned life upside-down for us all. We're all trying to find our way through the maze of emotions, news feeds, and reality. Two things are for sure: 1)...

Scrolling through my Facebook feed last night, my friend, Rhonda's, post stopped my scroll. With her permission, I'm sharing it. It read, "Calm is Contagious." I've had plenty of moments in the last week when calm wasn't the word you would have used to describe me. In...

You know, sometimes the best thing we can do is to simply do the next best thing. Maybe you're a little like me. When you wake in the morning, it feels like a normal day. Morning fog begins to lift as you try to recall what day of the week it is. Then, what's on your...

If you're like me, sometimes what we don't know is the most unsettling. Especially in uncertain times like this. I am thinking of you and praying for you today, friend. I may not know exactly what you are experiencing in this moment, but I can relate to the anxious...

I struck up a conversation this morning with a Target employee as he was busily restocking the toilet paper shelves. (Arriving to the store earlier than normal, I was hoping to beat the rush. I found out that didn't make much of a difference.) Anyway, this employee...