If I choose to allow the hardships of life to make me stronger, if I allow times of extreme stress to make me treasure the peaceful times, if times of deprivation make me appreciate even the smallest provision, then I…

Some days, just when we think all is healed, Sadness arrives. 

Unannounced, uninvited, she floats in, bringing tears, regret, pain, emptiness. She reminds us of the Unpleasant Past and the Unresolved Present.

My dear, do not be afraid. 

The presence…

One of the greatest gifts my mother ever gave me wasn’t something she could wrap in a box.

It was a habit.

She had learned to notice the small mercies of God tucked into ordinary days, and she thanked Him…