Along The Road

This is the part of the story where I wrestled...and where God met me where I was. Like He did for Jacob...and David...and Peter...and Paul. None of these guys were perfect.  All of them messed up. But God allowed each of them to experience His presence in life-changing, future-altering ways. Through my first breast cancer diagnosis, God had taught me some amazing truths. Hard lessons for sure, but so much growth. From that experience, I know that He oftentimes uses the trials to bring about deeper understanding, inner healing, and sharpening, so I suspected He was at work on that next layer of the onion in my soul.  After the initial rollercoaster ascent, plummet, and loopty-loop, it plummeted again. This time it was my own dang fault. I absolutely should have known better. It's the same stupid mistake I've made too many times. The result and consequences were no different than every other time.  First, let me back up several years. The course of treatment for my first b...

The Prayer of Saint Patrick I arise today Through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the rock. I arise today Through God's strength to pilot me; God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, God's ear to hear me, God's word to speak for me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before me, God's shield to protect me, God's hosts to save me Afar and anear, Alone or in a multitude. Christ shield me today Against wounding Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me. I arise today Through th...

It's been a while since I've written a blog post. Ok, like years really. It's not laziness or apathy. It's not that I'm too busy, if I'm honest. I think it's probably because writing blog posts was not on the list of priorities. When I very first started this blog at the beginning of our homeschool journey ten year ago, my thought was to document all of our sweet, little, learning moments and adventures. Ha! That didn't last long. Lack of follow-through and the tyranny of the urgent got in the way of that vision. Through my great mental health crisis of 2017 and breast cancer diagnosis of 2019, however, blogging became an outlet. More than an outlet really. As God was teaching me, shaping me, sanctifying me, the Holy Spirit was prompting me to share. Words and concepts would be rattling around in my brain, and I couldn't focus on much else until I put them in black and white and shared them publicly. I never wrote anything unless that burning urge wa...