Yes, we are strong and courageous. We can do great things. But we are also fragile and need to be handled with care, much like the wildflowers that adorn the surrounding mountains.
I sat waiting for one of my children to finish up at her nature school. As we passed some time away, we sat down by
We each come into this world as a baby, with no purpose other than to simply be. As we learn and grow, so to do
I have spent so much of my time worrying about worse case scenarios. I’ve experienced loss and pain and unexpected life changes, but they were
This life can be difficult beyond belief. We cannot always understand the feelings of another and what leads an individual to take their life, but we can always let them know that we would like them to stay.
The Story Behind the Poem: Still This past year we moved to the mountains. It was not an easy move. There was a lot of
The Story Behind the Poem: To Ride a Wild Mustang I was recently thinking about all I had learned since getting my mustang. How riding
It is the very real circle of life and it begins when we are children, in our imaginations, which we then take and turn into our life and use to take care of our children, and the cycle continues.
I watched this AGT audition and immediately went to my computer and wrote this poem. The way he was bullied and torn down by others really hit me. It’s sadly not a unique story. We, humans, are sometimes just not very nice to each other.
When I was broken, I was bitter, angry, resentful, and completely closed off. After feeling the pain of brokenness, I simply can’t believe that is what God wants of me. Yes, he wants us to be better, but not by tearing us down. Yes, life will sometimes tear us down. God is the one who stands waiting to lift us back up.
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