A Slow Burn
Like many of you, my story-- my overseas story-- is full of complicated layers of stress, hope, survival, endurance, and resolve. There are highs and lows. We get tired,...
Author: Monica F
Elbow Jabs and Sacred Spaces
The passenger behind me is coughing spastically, and the lady sitting next to me on the plane has bumped my elbow for the tenth time. Irritated, I look up...
Ornaments of the Heart
The holidays are often bittersweet for me. Between the candy canes, sparkly lights, and tasty desserts, my childhood memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas are riddled with flashes of family...
Tell It To Me Straight {The Grove: Telling Their Story}
Newsletters. I wrote them for 18 years -- paper, email, and eventually some blog posts. Our organization had ‘checkers’ who made sure the content was free of grammatical errors...
Just Dance
It’s Friday night in 2012 and the lights are low… My five-year-old daughter is dressed in a pink leotard with a shiny black traditional skirt wrapped...
Cheering One Another On
If you’ve ever seen Chariots of Fire, then you are probably familiar with the scene when Eric Liddell, the famous Scottish Olympic Gold Medalist, throws his head back as...
The Stranger {The Grove: Travel}
“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8...
Places to Play in and Pray In
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir Can I be honest? I L-O-V-E the outdoors, LOVE. ...
Tune-ups: A Lesson in Car Maintenance (er, marriage)
We met on a hot summer’s day at a dusty worksite in Mexico, 1993. He was a college hockey player from Minnesota who had recently given his life to...
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I’m Going To Stop You Right There
I watched the counselor take notes, glancing up at me from time to time as I unloaded my life story- all the things I’d done, places I’d been, plans...
