I was looking at my daughter.
I was seeing myself.
middle school
Sometimes you just have to get out of the car
His body tensed, “I can’t do it. I just can’t.” Doubts and fears were wreaking havoc on his mind. “I’m not ready. I’m gonna fail.” Hormones were wreaking havoc on his self-esteem. “I look hideous. Everyone’s going to stare at me.” It wasn’t just one thing, it was a culmination of many: being overtired, hormone surges, […]
Praying for a Math Test?
This blog is dedicated to my pursuit of seeing glimpses of God’s glory in the midst of my mundane. Recently, however, my days have felt less than mundane. Mundane routine tasks have been replaced with anxious thoughts, suffocating fears and methodic planning (see Daddy’s Girl for the reason why). Yet, even in these chaotic days, God has […]
Sometimes you just have to get out of the car
His body tensed, “I can’t do it. I just can’t.” Doubts and fears were wreaking havoc on his mind. “I’m not ready. I’m gonna fail.” Hormones were wreaking havoc on his self-esteem. “I look hideous. Everyone’s going to stare at me.” It wasn’t just one thing, it was a culmination of many: being overtired, hormone surges, […]
FIGHTING GIANTS
He was terrified of the giant looming over him. “I can’t do it; I won’t do it,” he said over and over. This giant did not have a physical form, yet to my son, it might as well have been Goliath. The giant was his fear. The reason: a mandatory 3-5 minute speech he had […]