So today I turn 45 years old.  I’m not usually affected by birthdays, as they just seem to come and go and blur together. But 45 seems like a midway point to me. If I am fortunate to live until I’m 90, then I have lived half my life and still have half my life

  Y’all, the last 24 hours have been rough!  I always say that my life is pretty much an open book, but every so often there is a secret that I tuck away in a dark lonely place for fear that if it comes to light I won’t have the strength to bear it. When

This past Friday we had the day off school so we packed our bags and joined some friends for a night away in the mountains. I needed to get away. The heaviness of life’s challenges was starting to overwhelm me and my soul was screaming for a mountain top experience. The city air felt thick