Koodaigirl

photo source We sat across the table, our coffees cooling, and I couldn't help myself.  Some would call it "getting on my soap-...

photo source At times there is a passionate fight within that rises up.  This passionate fight is very difficult to contend with, to be...

photo source There is a road that I believe my Father is inviting me to walk on... one, I truly barely understand...one that intimates m...

Sometimes a lie comes crashing into my heart. photo source Sometimes my mind is flooded with doubts and lies--the stream of accusation...

I feel my weakness.  I feel my neediness rising this lovely Monday morning. I don't need a thing...   she sings and reminds me. ...

photo source When I hear them squabble... which they (indeed!) do from time-to-time...it grieves my heart.  Brother and sister.  They pi...

photo source She really does cry a lot.   My sweet girl. She can cry easily when angry or sad.  She can cry when she is happy or surpr...

photos source I have so much to learn... With a slight smile and a gleem in his eye, he begins to sing and dance around the kitche...

photo source I just naturally and generally think I am right.    In my gut somewhere, my opinion on a certain subject feels correct an...

"Together in Battle"  photo source As, I wake and pour my cup of coffee, I realize that within me there is a distinguishable...

photo source There are pieces of news that come at you like a stinging slap and then settle down on your heart like a heavy brick. I h...

photo source There has been a quiet, misty-something happening within me lately.  I don't have great words for it.  It has been a s...

photo source His face was painted with worry.   What is wrong, sweet boy? Why that face? In response, he broke down in tears.  Almost ...

Her voice rang with simple joy as we talked, "Stephanie, I go to sleep each night so excited to sleep and so grateful for my warm,...

photo source I don't readily understand forever. Temporary, I get.  Everything in our world dies or ends at some point, right?  Al...

I heard a phrase some time back that has been bouncing around in my head this week, "Sometimes our souls just need to catch up with o...

I have found such deep joy in blogging these past three years!  I find that lessons and themes my Father whispers become crystalized through...

She makes me laugh like very few others can.  And, laughter is indeed good medicine. I need to laugh.  We all need to laugh. Ther...

photo source She just took off her necklace and gave it to me. A beautiful, hand-crafted piece of art, she took it off and gave it to m...

I had significant physical pain again today. This wrestle with pain has been a life long journey for me ; a path, so it seems, that my Fat...

photo source I feel broken.  ...out of sync.  So frustrated by my own sin, I feel the weight of guilt and shame heavy on my heart.  Tr...

photo source I am convinced.   It is a must*. ( *dictionary definition:  to be urged, ought, by all means to, to be compelled, or nec...

Give us Barabbas! Why in the world would they choose to release Barabbas instead of you, Lord?   These were the thoughts that came ...

photo source He carried me.  And, we conquered. Jesus, me, and my  "300 men" of energy and strength !! Last night, as I fel...

Do you ever just feel "done"?     Done mothering.  Done wife-ing.  Done laundering.  Done working.  Done giving and listening.  ...