When friends lost their baby overseas, I realized I'd been applying the logic of one failed marriage to every future possibility. Sometimes trust isn't about odds—it's about the One holding the camera.
Loss & Grief
When Love Isn’t About Timing: Four Days Without My Prince Charming
I broke up with Charming over our timing conflict—I'm ready for marriage, he's not. But driving away in a storm, God ministered to me through worship music. Is he worth the wait?
Four Deaths in Four Days: What My Students Taught Me About Living
When death surrounded me—a former student, a country star, my teacher, a First Lady—I had to face the question: What are we really staying alive for?
From Wedding Day Joy to Divorce: How Love Changes and Grace Remains
Seven years after my Valentine's Day engagement, I'm helping friends navigate their own marriage struggles. Here's an honest look at how 'I do' became 'goodbye'—and how God's grace followed even my hardest choices.
Nicholas Sparks Made Me Cry at Fort Monroe—Still Waiting for That Movie Theater Promise
A stranger grabbed my hand after The Notebook and said, 'Love like that exists. God already has him picked out.' Ten years later, divorced and crying over another Sparks novel at the beach, I wonder why I gave her words so much weight. Maybe importing an Italian eighth cousin would be easier than praying about it.
Burying Dead Roses: How My Garden Taught Me About Betrayal
He confessed to cheating just as my first garden taught me about variables you can't anticipate. Sometimes the best thing you can do with dead flowers is bury them and let them feed new growth.
Breaking Up in My Azalea Garden: When Love Means Letting Someone Grow
A bird flew from my wreath and knocked me off balance. Days later, sitting beside my boyfriend on the porch, I realized I'd outgrown our pot while he still needed time for his roots to develop. Some transplants come too early.
Writer's Growth 