“Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall, but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you.” ~ Proverbs 18:19 Why are family relationships so doggone hard? Our families have the ability to build us up or to completely destroy us with just a…
Erik & I had a long conversation the other night about how we are struggling to get plugged into a church, friendships, etc., after moving to Kentucky back in August. It feel like we’re living in a friendship desert. I was still mulling over our Relational Sahara situation when this post from 2008 came to…
I dropped Mom off at the airport today and almost immediately felt bereft. It was wonderful having her here for a few days and remembering what it’s like to have someone around who really knows me. After only three months in East Texas, I was beginning to feel the full effect of homesickness. If home…