Back and forth, to and fro, down the winding roads of rural North Carolina - I drove home from a solo trip to the grocery store. Nothing but the sound of the car engine humming and the cicadas buzzing loudly. Overstimulation was something I thought only young children suffered, but as I spend more time…
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Abortion Reveals Itself in Unexpected Ways
The human mind is a great mystery, constantly being studied. Is it a part of the human intelligence we haven't yet discovered or is there some mystery part of us that makes discoveries and acts on them without us even realizing it? Like this secret confession I'm about to share with you. I kept it…
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Surviving Abortion | My Abortion Story
The blankness, emptiness and just plain white of this paper as I write, takes me to another place. It's not the awe inducing white of seeing heaven in a dream or the shimmer of freshly fallen snow, but it's white and it's bright. If there were pictures on the wall or colors on the chairs,…
A New Song
Do the birds know something I don't yet know? I can hear it in their cheerful song. Never missing a sunrise. The opportunity to sing anew; to skip along linked arm in arm with a melody. Not versed in scripture or reading, but need they be? In Psalms we read of new joy coming with…
My Quiet Place
There’s a place aloft the Colorado National Monument that may as well have a spot carved out, about the width of my jeans.....labeled, “Lakin was here.” In those early days as a single mother, when all that mattered was off on a visit to her dad’s- this is where I landed. In an attempt to…
What Freedom Really Looks Like
Following a weekend of celebrating the brave Veterans of our country, it only seems fitting to really reflect on the idea of FREEDOM. I had a question to ask myself this morning and it was this: If we live in a FREE country and we serve a FREE God, why do we feel so UN-free?…
How emotional wounds heal like physical wounds
On my morning walk, I was having a conversation with God about some wounds from 10 years ago that were still sneaking their way into my relationships today. I came to him with an open mind ready to soak up any wisdom he could give me. The result was a little surprising but extremely helpful! …
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