In November of 2009, a new friend called me and said, "Michelle, we found out today that our baby died, can you watch our daughter so we can go deliver our baby girl." Within the next hour, their toddler daughter was on our doorstep…
My favorite sport is football. I have many fond memories of sitting on my dad's lap watching the 49ers play while my mom made lunch on Sunday afternoons (he's originally from San Jose, so for a bit after moving to Massachusetts he'd cheer on…
The day this little girl was born, I cried. I cried because my 31 week preemie was here safely. Then I cried because my husband walked in and told me her diagnosis. We didn't expect a little bundle with Down Syndrome, but we received…
There are many times when we hear something tragic we feel like we need to say something. When a friend tells us their baby has died inside them. Or when a friend shares about their struggling marriage. Or when a friend shares that they…
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with…
We Christians like to make up a bunch of sayings to make people feel better in their grief and pain. It seems like an art that we have well mastered to sound like Truth, when it isn't Truth at all. It's not even in…
Folks on Facebook hop into this thing during the month of November and give thanks throughout the month leading up to Thanksgiving. It's fun. I've hopped on the bandwagon for a few years. I tried this year, with good intentions, but life got…