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...
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...
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...
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 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...