What I Learned From My Journey
What That Week Taught Me It has been a while now since the ice storm, and I have had time to sort through what it left behind. Some of it was practical. Check your propane fittings before you need them. Do not store your emergency water outside in winter. Know now which friend would take […]
The Story Behind God & Ice
Why I Wrote God & Ice I did not set out to write a book. I set out to get through two weeks. The writing started as something much smaller than a book. It was a way of keeping my head straight. Sitting in a cold house with a heavy blanket and three dogs and […]
Courage When You Feel You Cannot Move Forward
Courage Is Not the Opposite of Fear I want to correct something, because I believed it for a long time and it did me no favors. I used to think courage meant not being afraid. That brave people simply did not feel what I was feeling, and that my fear was proof I did not […]
Finding Hope During Difficult Times
When Nothing Goes to Plan We had a plan. That is the funny part. We live in a rural area and we are not careless people. We keep propane. We keep bottled water. We have a generator situation. When the power went out that Saturday morning in January, I genuinely thought it would be back […]
Your Journey & Faith
I have believed in God for as long as I can remember. That is not the interesting part of this story. The interesting part is that for most of my life, my faith and my daily routine ran on two separate tracks. I went to church. I prayed. And then I got on with the […]
