Tag: anxiety
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What if I Fly?
If you know me at all, you know that music is an integral part of my life – it is almost as important to me as Jesus, and my family, and oxygen. Music has provided a soundtrack to the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life. My favorite music tends to be Christian,…
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God of Everything
One of my favorite t-shirts has a graphic on it that says “The God of the Mountains is the God of the Valleys”, which is a line from a worship song called “Graves into Gardens”. (Shout out to the Goods and Better Store, which is where I got the shirt. They are a great company…
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Georgia on My Mind
One of my biggest fears when I was a little girl was that something bad would happen to my mom when I was away from her. Honestly, it was my absolute biggest fear and it contributed to the anxiety disorders I have endured as an adult. My dad was out of the picture before he…
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Thanxiety
I think I have invented a couple new words! Well, not really new words but rather a combination of already-existing words. I’ll tell you what they are in just a paragraph or two, but first I want to let you know how this came about. Recently, in a series of teaching on Philippians at church,…
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The Unfolding
In November of 2022, my husband Les and I got to sit down with Meredith Foster from WBGL Christian radio to record an episode of “The Unfolding” – an on-going podcast with more than 150 episodes to date. (That’s Meredith with me in the photo above.) New editions of the show, usually released weekly, tell…
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In the Details
The past couple weeks have been a little rough. Nothing extraordinarily big has happened, but several things have made us grit our teeth and take more than a few deep breaths. Our daughter was in a car accident that totaled her car and caused her to break her hand. Our little boys have been in…
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Fog
We just got done spending a weekend in Galesburg (our hometown) visiting with family and spending some time with my mom. We’re on the road heading home now and it is very foggy. It’s the kind of fog that makes it hard to see the road signs, or even the road, at times. Not too…
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A year like no other
Photo above: Our family, Christmas Day 2022, Left to right, back row: me, our friend Ann, my brother-in-law Cary, our oldest son Grant and his wife Taryn. Front row, left to right: son Kaleb, our daughter Sarah holding our son Bentley, son Xavier, Les and Grant and Taryn’s dog Chico. With the end of the…
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What’s with the stones?
In the outside pocket of my red backpack is a small collection of stones. They aren’t there to make the bag heavier in an attempt to get in some strength training (although that wouldn’t be a terrible idea). I carry them with me as sort of a memorial of the things God has done and…
God is in This Story 