jesus

The end of the year brings a sense of closure to old memories, dreams, milestones, and sometimes loved ones. And it could bring sadness and longing for what was or could’ve been.  I go there too— wishing I could go back just one last time. Relive that moment, sp…

It's funny how I think of things to write when I'm with my daughter and can't really get to anything else-- I guess that's God's way of telling me to slow down; it's o k a y. My daughter follows me everywhere. I'm headed to the bathroom? …

36 years on this earth today, and embracing the season I’m in as a wife and mama. This is the part where I can go on and tell you to live your best life right now and make the most of it-- but truthfully none of it would matter. What I will say is that in 36 years o…

Link to Devotional: I Can Do All Things: Season of Motherhood Devotional Being a new mama for the past 7 months has been truthfully the most wonderful, exhausting, lonely, life-changing, emotional, joyful, exciting, scary, fun ... insert all of the emotions that y…

// For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.  My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in se…

When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, my dad laid intubated in the ICU and given no hope to live, when my grandparents and aunt passed away…all within the past 2 years, I couldn’t grasp the evil and circumstances that was surrounding us.  I couldn’t understand …

I’ve kept this little project close to my heart for the past few months, and I'm so excited that I can now finally share it with the world! I love to write and have had this blog as a place for me to do that over the years, but I always prayed and dreamed that s…

My phone rings around seven in the evening and I see my brother's name pop up, "Barbara-- I just called 911, Daddy is not okay, I didn't know what to do..." I hear my mom frantically screaming in the background as I tried to take in what my brother…

Reading through one of my devotional books the other day, it led me to the story of when Jesu s was walking into the city near Bethany one morning, and he was hungry as He approached a fig tree. As He went near it to take some fruit to eat, He finds only the leaves …

Everyone is in a season. Whether it be a season of drought, a season of abundance and fruits, a season of trials, a season of waiting, a season of answered prayer, a season of joy... or perhaps a season of sadness. God spoke about the different seasons of life in Ec…

“I’m the problem it’s me”… well Taylor Swift got that right. But what does the Bible say? Marriage and relationships are hard… that’s something that everybody tells you. But I don’t think anyone really believes it because they think they’ll be “different”. Then why …

My family and people I love were heavily affected by cancer and other illnesses the past 2 years, which left me with many questions that didn’t quite add up with the generic answers I was used to hearing. 
 And so I dove into my own research and learned as much as …

Yesterday marked 36 days of my dad being in the ICU/hospital, and today the first in rehabilitation.     There are so many things I feel and want to say and yet after hearing these simple few words on a sermon as I walked in the brisk air this morning... I reali…

It was only a few months ago when I wrote about my Nonna in Italy passing away, and yet here I am again.   I lost my Nonna that lived here about three weeks ago and truthfully I still don't believe that she's not here anymore. I think of random things throu…