Words & Insights From the Heart
Raise your hand if you are guilty of making your own life more complicated than it needs to be. I have come face to face this week with the fact that how I define winning and losing is severely complicating my life. This week I want to spend some time unpacking where my stinkin’ thinkin’
Maddox spent the first three months of his life in the Neonatal ICU of the University of Virginia Medical Center. He was born with a host of issues that defied diagnosis for the majority of his stay in the NICU. Ultimately, he was diagnosed with a super rare genetic condition called Vici Syndrome. Almost daily
There should be a mark on my calendar. An over-pronounced, ominous symbol of some sort would do. The mark would remind me forever of when my world and the worlds of everyone everywhere went terribly sideways. That mark is missing. My mother told us a story of her boy cousins trying to boil frogs in
There is a poem written by an unknown author about how people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I heard that for the first time when I was in my 20’s. The saying is one I have thought of repeatedly throughout my adulthood. People come and go. I like
I excitedly stood near the bow of the boat and tried to listen to the guide explain all the ins and outs of the equipment I was installing on my body. My nervous energy made it hard to internalize all of his instruction. While simultaneously getting myself and both children fitted for our adventure, I