Finding Peace in a Chaotic World Through Faith, Simplicity, and Gentle Healing I’ve lived through enough seasons of hardship—chronic illness, parenting through trials, and watching the world grow heavier year by year—to know how easy it is to feel overwhelmed. Maybe you’re feeling that right now. The weight of trauma, the endless headlines, the suffering […]
Finding Hope in Healing: Reflections from the Healing Lyme Summit
Discover the key to healing from Lyme disease through hope and faith. Learn from the Healing Lyme Summit and find encouragement in our journey to health. Abound in hope with us.
Where Fear and Frustration Collide with Faith
There are things in life that reveal the inner depths of who we really are and what we really believe. Usually, it’s the difficult, painful, and scary trials, those things that are out of our control. We may question whether or not we ever really had it together. What do you do when fear and […]
Making God My Only New Year’s Resolution
This year I find myself longing for something more than choosing a word or making a list of goals. I am longing for a deeper relationship with God.
How To Handle It When People Let You Down
So often life doesn’t go the way we planned. We all go through difficulties. We all get sick. Sometimes we end up in those unexpected places that are lonely, painful, and seemingly impossible to walk through alone. It’s easy to expect the people in our lives to come alongside us and help us out. But […]
How to Handle the Unexpected Things in Life
I’m sure you, like me, have gone through seasons where everything seems to go wrong. Literally, one thing after another happens! Those seasons can either break us or build us. Sometimes, the pressure is too much, the severity of suffering is too deep, we break and it takes a long time to regain strength. It […]
5 Things to Remember When Life Gets Hard
Let’s face it, life is hard! Sometimes horrible things happen to us and somehow we get caught completely off guard. No one ever wants to say it out loud but we feel bad for others when bad things happen to them while secretly hoping it never happens to us! Most of us don’t plan for […]
Abiding in Christ When Life is Hard
Last weekend I attended The 2 to 1 Conference (referred to as 2:1) in Herndon, Virginia. The theme of the conference couldn’t have been more perfect for a group of busy homeschool moms! Our theme was Abide based on the Bible verses found in John 15. Throughout the conference, we were reminded that as we go through […]
The Character of a Great Mom In the Midst of Chronic Illness
I’ll never forget the flood of emotion that washed over me when a friend told me that I was a great Mom. I was surprised by the tears that welled up in my eyes. I didn’t feel like a great Mom. I felt like a failure.
Taking the Scenic Route on Your Chronic Illness Journey
Do you ever feel like living with a chronic illness is a long drawn out journey with no end in sight? When there’s no purpose it’s hard to find joy to keep going. Physical pain and difficult circumstances keep us focused on ourselves and oftentimes we miss the scenery. To throw in a visual I […]
