Your Focus Makes All The Difference I’ve delivered 4 babies but only had 1 really great labor and delivery nurse. She assisted me when I was giving birth to my third daughter, 15 years ago. I had false labor for weeks and a few embarrassing visits to the hospital only to find that it wasn’t […]
“Don’t Forget About Me”
This poem is dedicated to my beautiful daughter who has watched the world go on while she lies in bed too fatigued to go about her 20 year old life. I’m definitely not a poet but as my Momma heart grieves for this child, these words flowed from me this morning and I thought I’d […]
Facing My Fears In The Wilderness
We all have fears to one extreme or another. Most of us tend to avoid the things we’re afraid of and that’s exactly what I’ve done for many years. Honestly, I didn’t actually choose to face one of my biggest fears this week, but I knew it had to happen some time. Since contracting Lyme […]
Am I Really Failing At Motherhood?
Mother’s Day is this weekend, have you noticed how we’re bombarded with advertisements and tear jerking commercials of what always appears to me “the perfect Mom” with her loving children who shower her with expensive gifts and sappy cards. I don’t know about you but this doesn’t do a whole lot for my confidence level […]
I’d Like to Forget About Lyme Disease
I almost forgot I had Lyme Disease, really I did. I know, I know, if you’ve ever suffered with the pain of chronic Lyme you’re probably wondering how that could happen. My family and I have suffered with Chronic Lyme Disease for at least 8 years that I know of. I’m not really sure because […]
Easter and Our Greatest Hope
Easter will be here in just a few days. Many families come together for Easter egg hunts, dying hard boiled eggs and eating lots of chocolate. On Easter Sunday some of us put on our best attire and head to church and celebrate the Lord’s resurrection.
Mothering and Lyme Disease
This morning I watched a video that touched me more deeply than I expected. The information shared in the beginning of the video by Amy Tan and her doctor, Dr. Stricker was very informative but it was the single Mom with two very sick teens that gripped me the most. It was the tears in […]
Finding Healing In Rest
Today I’m having a bad day. Can you tell? It’s not quite as bad as the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day that Alexander had. No, this is just a day where I really feel the need to stay in bed and take some pain medication. It’s a day where all of my joints […]
5 Steps to Calming an Anxious Heart
I recently had to have an MRI for my wrist, nothing related to Lyme I just injured it trying to move a cabinet that was way too heavy. I’ve never had an MRI but I figured it wouldn’t be a big deal, they’d just slip my arm in and everything would be good.
He Restores My Soul
At the end of every church service our pastor stands before the congregation and blesses us with this: “We don’t know what the next seven days will bring, but until we meet again, may God bless you and keep you, may He make His face shine on you, may He fill you with strength and […]
