Prescription for Hope

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one." C.S. Lewis, The Four...

Each Christmas Eve, Iceland embraces two of my favorite things; books and chocolate. Historically, the tradition of Jolabokaflod (flood...

There is one message I want others to know, and it is this: you’re not alone. You are not alone. This fundamental principle we wrote...

When Life Hands You Scraps Make a Quilt. My friend and I chuckled at this quote hand-painted on a wall in a Chesapeake, VA sewing shop. I...

Where do you turn when your heart needs a friend? I’m not talking about the gym friend or the book club friend. Instead, a friend who’s...

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August is a month of friendships. Students return to school forming new friendships and renewing others.  Today, August 15, 2019, is my...

Today, Rachel missed the bus. Because it is picture day, I offered to drive her to school.  Visibly relieved, she sighed and her...

The campfire curled and crackled sending dancing warm gusts around the teens and leaders encircled around the fire.  This was the final...

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As a child, my family spent many summer vacations at Myrtle Beach. It was there in coastal South Carolina, that my Mother fell in love...

“Serve one another humbly in love.” (Galatians 5:13) I slid over to the next kitchen base cabinet, and extended by back into a cat...

Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year. The goal of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness to the public and...

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I sat across another zebra, and for the first time, I knew someone truly understood me. In the 1940’s Dr. Theodore Woodward coined the...

Thinking I should visit soon, a verse I’ve been studying resurfaces, “Go in this strength you have” (Judges 6:14). Southern hospitality...

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If you’re not familiar with the song click here to listen. The chorus of this song replays in my mind like a broken record.  But today, I...

My phone buzzes with a Google notification. I am irked by the reminder that I should be working 8-5 pm today.  I’m on a medical leave of...

“Remember to cling to the promise I gave you” was the inaudible response. God reminded me to cling to the promise He gave me in 1 Peter...