"Uh-oh," she said, as she realized what had accidentally happened as she reached for the fragile, plastic flower. Toddlers don't realize how easily things can snap in two............... and just like that............... Hope was broken. Maybe that's what Paul meant...

I slowly reached for her arm. Scars ran from the inside of her wrist all the way to the bend in her elbow................. permanent reminders of a painful past. Addiction has a way of hanging around long after a person tells it goodbye. "I want to struggle," she...

Leaving people you love at an airport is never easy. Navigating your way out of a tightly-constructed parking garage isn't easy either. And when you're doing this for the very first time all by yourself, you find yourself incredibly thankful for every new sign up...

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. Psalm 16:6 I've thought a lot about this verse lately. The professor in my counseling skills class gave us an assignment several weeks ago. Counsel yourself for eight...

When someone you love is competing for Miss America, you have to do something to celebrate the night! And when she wins the "America's Choice Award", your house is immediately filled with screaming!! We are so proud of you, Laura Jones, and we love you so much! You...

Friday morning I'll kiss this beautiful redheaded baby girl goodbye and fly nearly a thousand miles away. I've gotten so used to the touch and smell of her sweet little skin that it's hard to imagine how I'll ever leave. I know I have to go home,  but I also know...

Still tied with a beautiful ribbon, the birdbath caught my eye this morning as I walked through our backyard. I could almost hear God whispering, Gifts should be fully unwrapped, Tammy.............not just staked in the ground. I stopped and for the first time since...

I sat in the grass with Olivia's dog, waiting for her soccer scrimmage to begin. Tiny sweat bees danced around my legs and a warm breeze blew through my hair. It was quiet here, just below the sport's fields on OCU's campus, and I was thankful for a few minutes to...

The attic seemed to be calling their names. Covered in dust and rarely discussed, these symbols of victory (or at least participation) seemed to have served their purpose in our family's story. ___________________ But when my husband heard my plan, he vetoed it with...

I have to preface this post with a keen awareness of all the beautiful women who are not on this road of motherhood either by choice or by reasons far from your control. I love you. I want you to know your role in this world is just as significant and treasured. My...