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I’ll go first. Will you join me?

Parenting, Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues, Women's Issues

“And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven,” Matthew 18:3. Each time I approached the family section at the ballpark, one of my dear friends would get up and leave. At first, I thought...

How To Move Forward When You Don’t Feel Ready

Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues, Women's Issues

Have you ever felt you were not ready to step out in faith? You don't feel able, prepared, or equipped. Recently a friend recommended I read an article that talked about how women won't apply for a job unless they feel they are 100% qualified. Men only need to feel...

What Will They Think?

Empty Nest, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues

I have been struggling with doubt, self-worth, and belonging lately. I was thrown for quite a loop as I usually am categorized as uber confident for most of my life. Confidence is a character trait I’ve clung to and felt very comfortable with until… Until when? That...

Keep What Works. Release the Rest.

Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues

“You don’t look like a baseball wife. I thought they had money and were stylish.” Wow! When I think I’ve heard it all, someone opens up a box of opinions. Don’t get me wrong. I know I am not a slave to fashion. I like comfort. I’ve also spent many years being...

Please Pray For The Ladies In Baseball

Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Travel, Women's Issues

Today is the Home Opener for my hubby’s team. This is our 32nd season in baseball. I am often asked if I like baseball. Let me inform you all that I LOVE BASEBALL! I have always been a fan and my love for the game has grown over the years of my family working “in the...

A Dangerous Game

Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues

After 30 plus years in baseball, you would think I would have a handle on the anxiety I feel walking into a ballpark. As I sat in the parking lot watching the time tick away until game time I felt the recurring jitters of the first game of the year. Not nerves about...

All. The. Ways.

Empty Nest, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues

I have taken the opportunity and sometimes pleasure, over the years to point out to my husband all the ways he has hurt me, all the ways he’s not as good as someone else’s husband, all the ways he does things wrong.

Love With Passion

Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Serving, Spiritual Growth, Women's Issues

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” Martin Luther King, Jr. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King, Jr. “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish...