Blog
My blog is broken into three main categories but I touch on endless topics. To read my posts about these categories just click the buttons below.
The Fishbowl Podcast
The podcast for leaders in ministry and the world
Oozing Everyday
Thoughts on life and faith while “oozing”‘ with the light of Christ
2 Brothers with Hemophilia
The journey of two brothers with Severe hemophilia A
I missed it
I have always said that the Lenten season is my favorite season of the church year. It is a time when I am more intentional in my prayer life, and is a time when I give up or add something to my life to enrich my understanding of my spiritual life. In the past I...
He is all we need
When I am in the middle of something awful, something like my Caeleb's pain, a lengthy hospitalization, the loss of my job, or even being verbally attacked, I feel like the world is coming down all around me. "Surely I won't make it through this! Things will never...
Anxiety
I have anxiety. Okay, I know, some of you are thinking, "Anxiety is not a real thing! Just take a deep breath and get over it!" I wish it was that easy. A lot of people get anxious while they are waiting on test results, waiting on a call from the mechanic to see...
Unheard of
Starting the journey down to the cavernsCatching our breathSpring Break 2017 is done. We traveled to the south of New Mexico to take in Roswell and Carlsbad Caverns, swung through El Paso and then to White Sands. We did a ton of walking in the...
Acceptance
I have finally accepted something. I will always have physical pain. I will always have my heating pad plugged in and available and taking breaks to stretch is part of my routine. I'm not talking about just the regular aches and pains you get as you age, but the...
10 years apart
My oldest son, Julian, is 20 and my youngest, Caeleb, is 11. There is almost a ten year age difference between them. When I had Caeleb, I truly felt like a new mom simply because the baby gear was so much nicer and high tech compared to 1996! Whoever invented the...
Family…part 3
The past few weeks have been very busy. One week I was in Missouri for a speaking engagement and catching up with friends, the next week I spent with my friend of a lifetime, relaxing and catching up in Texas and then I went to Florida for training. I am now part of...
Family…part 2
My parents have passed away, and my immediate family consists of me, my husband, my two sons and sister-in-law. When I traveled back to Houston last summer for my high school reunion, someone said, "Oh, you're going home for a visit." I said, "No, I am leaving my...
Family…part 1
"Blood is thicker than water, " is the old saying that tells us that blood relationships are the most important. I grew up in a tight knit family of four, and we never had friends over on Thanksgiving or Christmas. It was never a thought to even consider. I always...
Numbers…ugh
When you live with an inhibitor you often wonder what life would be like if you "only had hemophilia." In our case, Caeleb, who is 11, has lived for 10 years with an inhibitor. Shouldn't it be gone by now?Our oldest son, Julian, who is twenty, also had an...
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