Why would a Pentecostal celebrate Jewish Holidays? First and foremost, Hannukah begins today! I grew up Southern Pentecostal (Church of God). My roots go deep, my great-grandmother (on my father’s mother’s side) left a strong legacy of faith behind. Though the years I’ve gone to some non-denomination churches, but my heart always find home when I…
Today, eleven years ago, Chris and I got married. Here is some of a post to social media I made on our one year anniversary: One year ago today some of you out there thought I’d finally lost all common sense. I started getting to know a guy online. We almost didn’t even cross paths,…
You cannot escape knowing of the things taking place in the world today. You turn on the television or the radio and it’s there. Any form of social media, it’s there. Covid, Afghanistan, hurricanes, floods, fires, the list goes on and on. It can be so easy to get wrapped up and feel hopeless, but…
The One I Keep Going Back To
I’ve been lost; depleted; defeated; tired. I cannot pinpoint exactly when it started, it was slow at first and then snowballed into an avalanche. I felt burned out, depressed, fatigued more than usual, like nothing I could do mattered. I’ve dealt with depression almost my entire life, so I’m no stranger to the hold it…
Tonight day 8 of RV living is coming to a close. We are beginning to get into somewhat of a routine again and it’s really nice. After 9 months of living with Chris’s grandparents, it’s good to have more privacy, even if it is in a tiny home! We have the RV hooked up behind…
This is the house that built us. I’m excited for our future, but also feeling a little bittersweet. This was Chris’s first house and a few years later it became my first house. This was the house that saw us married and sheltered us together for 9 1/2 years. The house we brought our first…
As of 9:28 we have a 4-year-old. 4 years. How has it been that long!?! How are you 4 years old already, GG??? Gregory,God placed you in my life and in my arms that day 4 years ago and I’m so thankful that He let you stay with us. You had my heart before you…
This week I took GG, my toddler (yes, I still have a few months that I can call him that, so I’m doing it as much as possible!), had his first non-melt-down haircut. He’s almost 4 and I’ve taken him to two salons, once when he was over one and another about 9 months later….
This morning began like any other. We got out of bed, had breakfast (and coffee for me, of course). My son, GG, wanted to watch Dino Dan, I typically don’t let him watch television so early in the day. I gave in so that I could finish crocheting a blanket for a fellow HITC/photographer friend’s…
When I was about six I went on a trip to central Florida with my parents. While there we did several things, but what stayed in my mind was visiting Weeki Wachee and seeing the mermaids swim. I had already been dreaming of being a mermaid, but seeing those girls swimming as mermaids made me…