In college, despite my enervating health obstacles (read here: An Unlikely Mrs. Part 2), of course, I wanted a romantic relationship. I can still picture the ordinary scene: I was walking, phone to ear, close to my college place on the corner, when I shared this desire with a trusted, older and wiser friend. She …
Tag: Love
The Feelings Trap
You’re not just another, confused by emotional pain. I detest getting emotionally rattled. When someone’s choices toward me twist my heart, I don’t want that person to distort and define its shape and size. She treated me poorly. Why should I allow my heart and time to be arrested by her behavior? I want to …
An Unlikely Mrs. Part 2: My Mirthless Companion
Pain. Although I had a few extremely sweet boyfriends in high school, by the time I entered college, mysterious health issues changed my personality and stole my energy. About twenty years later, the diagnosis came to light: stage IV endometriosis. I learned endometriosis stuck my ovaries to the back of my uterus and had grown …
An Unlikely Mrs. Part 1: Little Me, Big Prayers
At a young age, I was taught Jesus cares about all the details of your life. While growing up, Psalm 139 misted and, eventually, saturated my mind. For instance: The whole chapter is worth the few minutes to mentally savor. Because my childhood brimmed with love from a personal God, to me, praying for my …
My New Series: An Unlikely Mrs.
I’ll soon be releasing the true story (my own!) of An Unlikely Mrs. in a series of posts. You’re not just another single, who has lost hope. Here’s a preview: This true story is for anyone who thinks it’s too late to find life-changing love. Maybe, you haven’t had time for it, with your demanding …
How Do I Follow?
I don’t know if I’ll get what I want, but I know I’ll get what I need. I’m panicked I’ve been forgotten; how do I follow your lead? How do I follow, when you go into the wilderness, with nothing to eat? How do I follow, when you choose silence, in response to religious police? …