This is a new journal I picked up months ago, it reminded me of a story from years past, a story of a little girl, a teepee, and Jesus giving her a new name. It has been sitting on a table in my office waiting to be used.  I love new journals but I hadn't been journaling much lately, it's been ...

Heart aches with the heaviness of pieces of story...other people's stories. Why am I privy to such things? Why do I know these bit and pieces? It does not serve my heart well.  It's disappointing. I ask God in the early hours of the morning, "Why? Why do you let me know?" The silence ...

  This is my bedside table - it is always full of books, the next read I hope to get to, the ones I am putting off getting to, the ones I loved and need to keep close a little bit longer.  I love books - the real deal books with paper and words and beautiful covers. I don't get to read en...

      The verdict about artificial sweeteners is still out - the controversy still fuels much debate on both sides.  One can find articles that support the use and "safety" of such products and one can find articles that support the argument that they are dangerou...

I'm in a funk, stuck in the middle of the mess.  I know things are brewing in the cosmos, work is being done in my soul and on the other side I will look different--

but in the middle,

oh the painful middle,

it's not my favorite place!

Eyes veiled as I fumble in the dark looking for purpose ...