It seems like our culture, now more than ever, gravitates more towards the healthy lifestyle. Grocery stores are now offering so many healthy options and with all the health blogs and with the help of Pinterest you are able to come up with a healthy meal alternative for your family every day of the week. But who doesn’t crave comfort food! I know I do. My friends and family know me as the “health nut” but they also know I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty once in a while! Read More »

Laundry, dishes, cleaning. It seems like it never ends. The clothes piled up around me were just staring at me as I was sitting thinking what should I clean first? I picked up a pile of clothes and started hanging my shirts. I could hear a little voice in the distance calling out to me.  My 3 year old still likes us to put her to sleep. I thought if I don’t answer maybe she’ll just stop calling and I can hurry and finish my chores before bed.  As I continued to hang my clothes I turned around to an upset little toddler who startled me! She looked at me with her big brown eyes as she was twirling one of my shirts around her little finger and said “mommy all you do is work work work!” Read More »

The air was hot and smelled like a combination of sweat and poverty.  My head was getting heavy and full; in pain, I reached out to my dad for help. I was losing breath, in that moment I panicked and lost sight of God and His peace. My eyes just witnessed something dreadful, a bus full of people and a steep cliff, the picture is still in my head.  The accident was so brutal. The bus was somehow tipped over hanging off the cliff with people falling out. How did they feel? Did they have time to forgive or say “I love you” to those they held close to their heart and why did I have to witness this? Why not someone else? I was frightened and nervous as I found myself in another country with a strange man driving 100 miles per hour not focusing on the road, can we be next to experience such tragedy? Read More »