Faith

  • A Look Back, A Step Ahead

    / January 1, 2013 / 27 Comments

    Today is New Year’s Day. It would have been my parents 33rd wedding anniversary. This holiday season brought so many firsts to my family without my dad. I turned 30 without him (which…

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  • Sanctuary

    / December 16, 2012 / 22 Comments

    Chris and I dropped our kids at the church nursery this morning and headed into the sanctuary of our church with heavy, heavy hearts. “You know this isn’t going to be an easy…

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  • Thanksgiving 2012

    / November 25, 2012 / 11 Comments

    I was worried about Thanksgiving this year, but it turns out that the few days leading up to the holiday were the toughest. I got a little sad when the kids were in…

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  • A Thanksgiving Prayer

    / November 21, 2012 / 14 Comments

    Holy and Gracious Heavenly Father, I come to you in this season of grief with a heart full of thanksgiving for your unending peace, comfort and grace.  For the people you have given…

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  • A Thanksgiving List

    / November 14, 2012 / 23 Comments

    1.  I don’t really want to talk too much about this topic, and sometimes lists are easier to use for things like that.  Lists make hard things easy. 2.  I’m not excited about…

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  • Low Days

    / October 28, 2012 / 17 Comments

    I haven’t written much more about dealing with my dad’s unexpected passing.  Part of that is because I don’t want to bore you with my grief.  But mostly it’s been because I am…

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  • Good Day, Bad Days

    / September 23, 2012 / 15 Comments

    Well, kids.  I’m not going to lie.  I had a rough weekend.  I was actually doing fine and thought that I could do two things that I hadn’t done regularly since my dad…

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  • Almost Back in Action

    / August 28, 2012 / 44 Comments

    Well, friends, I’m just about back in action here at Marriage Confessions. I had a rough time this past week as we formally said goodbye to my dad with his family and friends…

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  • A New Normal

    / August 15, 2012 / 58 Comments

    Before I begin this post, I wanted to take a minute to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your comments, emails, texts, thoughts, and prayers.  My family has been…

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