I was walking at the lake with a friend.
I’ve known her for years. I know some of the more heart-wrenching parts of her story, though not every daily struggle.
At some point in our conversation, menopause came up. I expressed to her that when I entered this season of life at 41, a full 10 years earlier than the average woman, I felt more alone than at any other time in my life.
Oh, friends. The weight of the world just keeps on getting heavier, doesn’t it? I don’t have to make a list—you know what’s going on. Across the ocean, across state lines, across town, maybe even across your own living room. And yet, can we also agree that joy can still …
Tricia Lott Williford can write about any topic in a book, and I know I will love it and learn from it. Her first book, And Life Comes Back: A Wife’s Story of Love, Loss, and Hope Reclaimed, is one of my all-time favorite memoirs. Her fourth— Just. You. Wait.: Patience, …
Your story matters. I Googled this phrase recently and got 627 million results. It’s so common, it’s almost cliché. It’s also true, though.
This is the week that I usually link up with Heather Gerwing for a look at Something Loved, Read, Treasured and Ahead. This time, though—after a month that hasn’t really turned out how I expected—I decided to share four random (and probably obvious) somethings about life instead. Simply putting these …
We have what I call birthday season at our house. It starts in early November, when two of us have birthdays one day after the other, and continues through early January, when we celebrate the fourth and final birth date. Add in Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it’s roughly two months …