The advertisements surrounding this time of year screams, “The most romantic Valentines gift you could ever give your wife” but after you read this post, most women would agree with me that this particular Valentine’s gift truly is the best. My husband blessed me with this extraordinary gift on our first Valentine’s Day together. Here is an excerpt from the …
One of my favorite memories with Patrick was our first Valentine’s Day together. We decided that instead of spending the day all about us we would create a tradition to spend Valentine’s Day on others. We prayed about what to do and decided we would love on the widows, orphans and the hurting. We called our church and were given …
There I sat, in the very place it happened. The room where my husband was ushered into eternity. The snacks I had packed for him that very week were still sitting on his desk. My plan was to come and decorate his office after the fresh paint was applied that week. His suit jacket hung on the back of his …
The other night as I was praying I was asking the Lord to remind me of His goodness and show me how to live out life and this season of grief with gratitude. The Lord brought me to this passage in Psalms and revealed to me something too good not to share. I am praying its as much of a …
Its a New Year. Fresh, nothing set in stone, unpredictable and unmarked. Another journey with just being able to see a single step in front of us, not the whole path ahead. One where God will bring light to the dark just long enough to take one step, and rest in the fact that when its time to take another …
This is a post I wrote last January after having a date with my sweet man and talking about things we were working on in our home and marriage. I never posted it and wanted to share it. These are all things I want to work on this year as well, just have to slightly change it as now the …
This Christmas is going to be one I remember forever. Its a bittersweet one. I won’t be cuddled up next to my man looking at our tree, talking about what ministries and families we are going to give to for Christmas. I won’t be hearing how excited he is about eating his Mimi’s famous pecan pie and cornbread dressing. He …