Column Post by Laura Hyers One of the most exciting things about working with children is the gamut of emotions they can put you through in a single hour: complete frustration, uncontrollable joy that explodes as giggles, deep sadness, total confusion, and the million degrees that come in between. I love my job, but some […]
Write Where It Hurts
God has used writing in my life in a powerful way. As a word-lover, an author, I’ve learned this, how sometimes we write for publication, yes, but how sometimes we write simply to reconcile. To uncover truths and connect dots in ways that sometimes aren’t possible until we sit quiet with the pressing questions.
Today, I’m passionate about writing as a healing tool. You’ll find Write Where It Hurts a connection point, an invitation to women and conversations that bring healing. We need that, don’t we? A place where can we can drop all the masks and cut through the hard stuff.
Come join us. In our online community here, you’ll find hope, encouragement, and practical tools along with a challenge to live intentionally. Pull up a chair. Grab a spot of tea, or your favorite java. Be encouraged and inspired as you connect with other brave-hearted women who have faced unfathomable trials with courage. Risk the writing challenges, and be rewarded with a fresh perspective of your own.
Purposeful Gazes
Column Post by Lakin Easterling Fathers are a powerful force in the lives of their daughters. Not that they aren’t the same for their sons, but I’m a daughter with a father, so I can speak a little more personally from that perspective. From her father, a little girl is left with the impression of […]
Sledge Hammer
Column Post by Kelly Heuer I want to quit. I want to walk away from all that I’m doing outside my family. Really and truly, in this moment, I just want to throw my hands up and say, “Forget it! I’m done!” You know, really melt down into full blown diva mode and shriek, “What’s […]
The Mama Bear Factor
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson As a young child growing up on a very large farm with many acres of woodland I was taught early on to never get between a wild animal and her young. Quite honestly, I don’t recall a time when I did not know this. Even our farm animals could become […]
Tell Me
Column Post by Lisa Easterling {A tribute to those who have given their lives for our freedom} Tell me your stories, my brave-hearted friend, Of all of the courage you’ve shown. Tell me of battles and nights without sleep, Of all of the heartbreak you’ve known. Paint me a picture as seen through your […]
Team Hope
Column Post by Laura Hyers My husband is a sports fanatic. I mean, probably no more than the next guy, but for being raised in a home where the lives of four women were punctuated by the drama and valor of only one sport—basketball—his appreciation for athletics has taken some adjustment on my part. He […]
Two Ears, One Mouth
Column Post by Lakin Easterling My line of work is unexpected, and certainly not what I thought I’d be doing any time in my life. I am a companion to the elderly, most of who are afflicted with Alzheimer’s or any of the other 80-90 dementia-related diseases. One man thinks he’s in his 20’s, before […]
Integrity and Honor
Column Post by Kelly Heuer I got to watch my Pancake Man play his championship game for spring league football. My voice is hoarse now from all the screaming, groaning, and outrage. The highlight of the game, of course, was when my giant offensive lineman son jumped up and caught an onside kick. He hauled […]
Hope For a Mother’s Heart
Column Post by Glenda Harbinson Hope. My heart longs to remain full of hope in the weeks to come as my 19-year-old daughter recovers from a head injury. It seemed simple enough at the beginning—your typical concussion—but in time we discovered that much more damage was done than we first thought. The term “traumatic brain […]
Barefoot Mothering
Column Post by Lisa Easterling “Motherhood is a hallowed place because children aren’t commonplace. Co-laboring over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege. Never forget.” ~Ann Voskamp This is sacred ground we walk, and sometimes we crawl and sometimes we fall face down on the hardwood and beg Heaven’s help in this building […]
