Call it an urge or maybe a feeling that it’s time but if I can recall how this whole wordpress bloggy thingy works then I am coming back. God has done so many amazing things in me and my family in the last year that I don’t think I can keep silent anymore. After moving into this house and being led to join a wonderful Spirit-led church family, God has not stopped teaching, stretching and growing each person in this...

Looking for me? Feel like chatting? Then friend request me on facebook ’cause lately you’ll find me there a whole more than here. I’ll be back at some point. You know me, I can’t stay away from writing for too long. But until then… you know where to find me. Later.

I have restarted this sentence no less than five times. I want to write here. I want to talk about the amazing things that God is finally opening my eyes of understanding to and yet, where do I even begin? He has shown me so much truth over the last few months. I’ve talked for endless hours on the phone with my sister and other dear friends (who know well how much I dislike the phone) but it seems so hard to put words to page here...

Six weeks, six Sunday mornings we walked into the large, beautiful church building hoping that someone other than just the greeter would smile, say hello or just make us feel welcome in some small way. I had researched the churches in the area on the web. We had first narrowed down the ones we would visit to the three that struck a cord with us in some way. When push came to shove though there was only one we wanted to attend. And so we...

We’ve moved into our own home. After hoping, praying, and waiting for eleven years, we own a home again. Those are sweet words to say and for those who’ve known us through the waiting process, I hope they are sweet words to hear too. Eleven years ago this past summer we lost a beautiful home in Temecula, California. The housing market had slumped and we weren’t the only people experiencing the pain of foreclosure. After...

In Wisconsin, while there were many, many deer, they usually kept hidden. On several occasions, I’d see them far off in the distance in a farmer’s field while driving. They stayed far enough away from human activity that seeing them was exciting. Hitting them with the car late at night on a cold, icy road was exciting too. Not that I’d actually know. They are shy in Wisconsin and fast too. If you came near them, and when I...