How to Be There for a Grieving Loved One

If your friend is grieving, please don’t try and preach them out of their grief. Sit with them in it until words become necessary. Jackie Hill Perry There might be days where you are certain you are over it, and there might be days you feel everything all over again. But no matter the day, there will still be songs […]

Women Empowering Women: Having a Doula at Our Daughter’s Birth

There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. Laura Stavoe Harm Your body is not a lemon. Ina May Gaskin Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 She’s On Her Way “You’re going to have a baby today,” my doula said smiling. […]

Have I Abandon My New Year’s Resolution? The 365-Mile Challenge in a Polar Vortex

That’s what this challenge has brought to my life. It’s given me the opportunity to leave technology- even just for a little while, embrace God’s great creation, and get outdoors to be more present with the world and people around me.