I Almost Died

I’m going out on a limb here.  I don’t know how to confirm this, but I’m willing to bet that most of us haven’t had a near-death experience.  I’m not talking “that almost-car-wreck could have ended my life,” or “that...

Blogtember: Something Old

Today is a solemn day for me and much of my family.  Five years ago, my beloved grandmother lost her [third] battle with cancer. And I was there. And it was heart-wrenching. I think the worst part was watching my mother lose her mother.  She literally choked back...

A piece of advice

Listen.  Despite everything you try to do on your own, you were born into a world wrought with sin. Sin sounds like a terrible word. Well, it kind of is. Except that we don’t initially earn sinfulness. In the same way, we don’t earn unsinfulness. Is that a...

The thing I’m most afraid of

As I think about today’s prompt, a few ideas run through my mind. Every time I think of something terrifying to me, I go through the if-then statement. It always ends with God. If that happens, I still have God. I hope I can be that strong if the time comes. So,...

This is a Story

This is a story of a girl who lost her high school sweetheart.  This is a story of a mother who lost her first born, a father who misses his oldest legacy, and a brother whose role model no longer walks ahead of him on this Earth.  This is a story of two best friends...