• Love Bends Down

    Love Bends Down

    She was exhausted. She was out of her comfort zone. She’d had enough. So, he just sat with her. For as long as it took. Because love bends…

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  • When You Want to Ask Why

    When You Want to Ask Why

    When we realized Jeremy wasn’t going to make it, I looked at my dad and asked, “Why does this keep happening to me?” When bad things happen, often…

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  • Complicated Grief: When You Get Stuck

    Complicated Grief: When You Get Stuck

    Grief is inevitable. No one escapes it. If you love anything or anyone, you will eventually grieve. Remember when your baby had separation anxiety? She was grieving what…

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  • Grief and Gratitude

    Grief and Gratitude

    Thanksgiving has always been a month-long holiday in the Smith home. When our boys were little, our family began an exercise in thanks-living, which became a yearly tradition…

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  • The Binder of My Wounds

    The Binder of My Wounds

    Jeremy married a very broken girl almost 27 years ago. In him, God graced me with exactly what I needed in that particular season. He was patient and…

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  • When God Calls You Out

    When God Calls You Out

    The boat was not Peter’s safe place; Jesus was.

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