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Two nights ago I lay in bed staring exhausted at the ceiling. My insomnia stirred at me, speeding up my thoughts, and slowly down my ability to fall fast asleep. I realized with disappointment that I felt a sense of not quite dread, but certainly trepidation...

Am I the only one who has been heavy hearted in the midst of so much wrong doing around us? When the terror attacks occurred in Paris I felt the same sinking in the pit of my stomach, a feeling similar to that I experienced well over a decade ago when...

Most days I feel like I’m running a race in which I quite never finish. I think I see the line up ahead, but then I look down at my feet, and when I gaze back up, exhausted and dizzy, I realize I still have so much further to go.  Will I ever get there...

As a mother of multiple daughters I watch my girls together and I am so happy for them. Sure, they fuss and fight, they bicker over “borrowed” items, but then they also do like they did last night. They sit together in the floor, attaching hair bows...

I’ve noticed a growing trend when I browse through my Facebook newsfeed. Yes, my friends’ children are still adorable, and love (or the longing for love) is still in the air, but there’s more than that filtering through my feed. Yep, college football...