“My desire is to honor my story. To heal. To get to a place where this pain no longer has power over me. I want to learn to love my body and also have grace for my body. To get to that place, I’m giving myself permission to name it. Speak it. And shine light…Continue reading Honoring Our Stories: The Toxicity of Comparison
Veterans Day: A Wife’s Perspective
My husband has been serving in the Air Force for over 20 years and we have been married for 16 of those years. My attitude and perspective on being a ‘military spouse’ is a little different than most. You see, I’m not an Air Force wife. I just happen to be married to a man…Continue reading Veterans Day: A Wife’s Perspective
The Reservoir Within Me
As I sit here in a quiet house for the first time in months, there is a question many people are asking me lately and it’s playing on repeat in my mind: What are you going to do? You see, I’ve entered into a new phase of life. All three of my kids are now…Continue reading The Reservoir Within Me
065: HEROIC STORIES SERIES – WIVES OF THE BECOME GOOD SOIL INTENSIVE FELLOWSHIP [PODCAST]
I had the incredible honor to sit among a few beautiful hearts and share with Morgan Snyder how his invitation to my husband 6+ years ago . . . a message now shared in his new book Becoming a King . . . has impacted the life of my husband as well as myself and…Continue reading 065: HEROIC STORIES SERIES – WIVES OF THE BECOME GOOD SOIL INTENSIVE FELLOWSHIP [PODCAST]
A Detached Heart
Sitting in my bed with tears rolling down my face, I look up at my husband and say the words, “My heart has become detached”. As the words came out, I wondered to myself how this even happened. I talk to my Father, God, often and throughout the day. How could my heart have become…Continue reading A Detached Heart
My Husband’s Happiness is Not My Responsibility
“The journey to becoming a more wholehearted woman has been a type of excavation for me. A slow process whereby lies, agreements, and wounds are being uncovered and identified. In the early years of my marriage, I wanted to please my husband in everything I did. I believed he was the report card on how…Continue reading My Husband’s Happiness is Not My Responsibility
What Perspective am I to Hold on to?
“These last few months have been disorienting. To gather enough focus to put pen to paper and write down my thoughts has been daunting. The struggle to identify up from down, left from right, has created an unsettledness in my spirit where I find myself lacking awareness of who I am. Where I am. Or…Continue reading What Perspective am I to Hold on to?
Craving to be Mothered
There is something about crisis and change that stirs a longing within us for mom. As the weeks continue to unfold with this global pandemic, I’m finding myself with a yearning deep inside for mothering. The word mother can trigger a myriad of responses. Joy. Sadness. Anger. For me, it is a mixture of all…Continue reading Craving to be Mothered
Being Sons Podcast: A Sons Response to Pandemic
I had the great joy and privilege to sit down with my amazing husband and our dear friend, Jay Heck, to record a conversation…an honest conversation…in the midst of these unstable, uncertain and unknown times. May it bless you and encourage your heart. https://www.beingsons.com/jays-blog/2020/3/22/04-a-sons-response-to-pandemic-interview-with-rich-and-robin-pantusa-podcast