I got in trouble twice that I remember in first grade. First, my teacher had her evaluation with the principal the same day my body decided to run fever in class. She had told us to be on our best behavior, so when my head started to hurt, I simply laid it down on my…

At our core, we have a tendency towards selfishness in our marriage. At our core, we think we are better than our spouse. At our core, we judge our spouse and hold them in contempt. At our core, we are setup to fail in our marriage because these characteristics are the opposite of how those…

Did you know the average person has 60,000 thoughts a day, and 80% of them are negative? That means at the root of the things going on in our minds, there are 48,000 thoughts a day bringing us down. 48,000 things we have 100% control over, we allow to destroy us. Every. Single. Day. No…

We live in a world that tells us we need to become new. A world that tells us we need to look prettier, dress a certain way, drive nice cars, and obtain expensive things … all in an effort to make us feel “new”. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) reminds us, “Therefore, if anyone is in…

In the summer of 2021, I saw an video play for the ReEngage | Enrich Your Marriage class at Trinity Baptist Church. One of the men talking in the video said, “We had become so good at sweeping conflict under the rug that it led to resentment and mistrust.” They are words I will never…

Dear Parents, We have to do better. We have to teach our kids to embrace differences. We have to teach them not to be a bully. Over the last 12 hours I have hugged my kiddo multiple times with tears streaming down her face as she’s poured out her heart to me. “Mommy. My friends…

Last night as we crawled into bed together, my husband said something. “It’s nice to be able to cuddle with you again.” For over two weeks, we had barely see one another. First because I was quarantined in the bedroom with illness before the holidays. Next, because he was. Then we spent four days visiting…