My four-year-old granddaughter, Addy, was intently playing in her room. She heard her daddy calling her from downstairs, “Addy, come downstairs. We need to go.” Addy was in her own little world of imagination, interacting with her dolls. She didn’t want to be...
Approaching Veterans’ Day, a question popped up from the past on my Facebook: “Would you be willing to fight and/or die to protect those you love?” Most, including myself, would quickly say, “Yes!” But here is the more difficult question: “Would you be willing to...
It was a year ago that my husband, John, and I stood on the stage of a megachurch in front of thousands of people and said our goodbyes as their senior pastor and his wife. It was a bittersweet day for me. Bitter because I truly loved being a senior pastor’s wife;...
The door slammed so hard, the entire house shook. My thoughts were, “Go ahead and leave. That’s what my dad did when I was sixteen.” Three pairs of precious eyes stared at me as I stood in the middle of the kitchen, surrounded by shattered glass. They had just...
