HopelessHoper

I’m heartbroken that we can’t talk to each other in ways that lead us to understanding and necessary change.  As an American who loves...

I miss #mypeople Oh I have lots of amazing people here too but if you’ve ever lived away from family you actually enjoy being around,...

This is the story of how I got to Canada. My first step was, when answering a call to ministry, I said “ok God, I’ll do that, just don’t...

I truly can’t remember when it was that I became a #hopelesshoper – the kind of hoper that cant help herself, hopelessly hoping even when...

I’m struggling to write the next #motherstories installment. How do you talk about something that happened so long ago yet still feels so...

May I say something somewhat controversial about #mothering today? It’s a thought that goes back two decades to my wedding day, a story...

The fuzzy head of my #littlesweetpotatoboy was snuggled on my shoulder, breathing heavy, sound asleep. On the phone was one of my...

I wish I could find the picture, the one where I have this huge grin on my face, and there she is, a teeny red-faced baby crying at the...

Hey You, Yes… you, all of you who feel a load of all sorts as May rolls around. You. Here you are, it’s #allthingsSpring and new life and...

I don’t want #another life. I want this one. I have a good life. 🌸 If I cry when I talk about things it doesn’t mean I’m not happy....

I found myself sitting there, smiling , trying to hold back the old sobby, mixed up “happy for you, but sad for me” tears as I watched...

Be careful not to forget the Lord your God…He brought you out…He led you through… Remember the Lord, and Praise Him. (Deuteronomy 8)...

The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a...

“Why are you anxious about what you’ll wear? Consider the lilies. See how they grow. They don’t struggle or toil to be that beautiful …...

I’m good at disappearing.  Writing is a love but when it’s feels more like complaining, it becomes something I believe others can do...

I sit here and watch Jax run up the steps to go down the waterslide for the 99th (or so!) time in the last hour and my heart fairly...

There.  I said it.  If I had my way, I would live in a perfectly clean house with beds made every day, the to do list completed for that...

I sure needed to see this Daily Dose of Courage in my inbox today.  It seems that is one of the few ways I allow myself time to think...

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, Jesus said to them, “Come with me by...

Hope.  It’s something I’m really into.  I started just relying on hope a long time ago when I realized there are just some things a...