Let Your Heart Exhale
We all know it as the shortest verse in the Bible, “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35) We know that Jesus was overcome by the death of his friend Lazarus and...
We all know it as the shortest verse in the Bible, “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35) We know that Jesus was overcome by the death of his friend Lazarus and...
Here are snippets from conversations I’ve had with different women over the last few weeks: “I’m sad. This is a season of loss, and I’m just...
In some circles my story is really not that unique. In 2019, two days before Christmas, my family boarded an airplane to take a family vacation. Before we made...
When I hear the word tension, all the negative feelings rise to the surface. I think of tense muscles, hard meetings, and walking-on-eggshells to avoid a burst. My knee-jerk...
A little over four years ago, I had to have surgery in Bangkok. A routine appointment revealed a small tumor and my doctor didn’t want to mess around. I...
A week after my 18th birthday, I boarded a plane that would take me to Ecuador for a year. A picture was taken that day at the airport -...
When Velvet Ashes first reached out to me to write, I thought I would have a million words to say about anticipation. Words about how we can anticipate all...
“Can 2020 just be over already?” a friend of mine stated recently. I nodded and thought about the meme someone texted me with the heading: “If 2020 were a...
December has arrived, and with it the full onslaught of Christmas preparations. Our house is decorated; now I’m turning my attention to the holiday baking, gift-buying, and end-of-the-year and...
MKs and TCKs such as myself are very good at lowering our expectations. We don’t expect to live in stability. We don’t expect friendships to last. We don’t expect...
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