Knowing already what today is, I wasn’t wild about seeing the automated greeting from Facebook: “Happy Anniversary!” Below the allegedly joyous greeting was a collage of photos selected by a contrived formula executed by a computer. This is one of those moments when a Hallmark card falls short, when the greatest gift pings like Sal’s…
In the seventh year of our marriage my husband and I were contemplating divorce. We had reached a stage where we were finding it difficult to be civil to each other and all pretense of praying together or caring for each other had fallen by the wayside. Ours was a marriage that had been prophesied…
It seems everywhere we turn, there are voices granting us permission to fail. This permission to fail and still be loved—this grace—is a beautiful thing, right? Without it, we would forever feel defeated. We’d define ourselves by failure instead of acceptance. But failure isn’t the same thing as quitting. Failure says we were on a…
It was a hard episode to watch of “Little People, Big World,” where cameras reveal that Matt and Amy Roloff are going through a separation in their marriage. Lens captured the heartbreak of Amy, their four children, and Matt’s parents, as they all try to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays with this new…
I had some extra pep in my step on a recent morning as I was getting ready to have lunch with one of my mentors and role models, Christie. I hadn’t seen her in quite a while and always looked forward to her wisdom and encouragement. As we embraced in a giant hug, sat down…
