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April 2016

April 06, 2016

when i decided to say ‘i love you’

Contrary to what you may have thought when you read the title of this blog...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

…and then

So far, March hasn't been the best month of my life. I am behind on...

March 11, 2016

darlin’ don’t you know where you’re from?

In January I was traveling in Mississippi for an event when I realized I was...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

when your heart is broken

I wrote this, from experience, for Todd DeKryger's family and friends.....and all of you who...

February 16, 2016

do the thing

I spent my birthday (this past December) at a lodge in the Pacific Northwest. As...

February 02, 2016

from

Over the past year, as I've traveled all over creation and met lots of amazing...

January 2016

January 20, 2016

precious

A few years before my breast cancer diagnosis, an OB/GYN had cornered me in the...

January 15, 2016

loved

Here's the next blog in the Known, Loved, Wanted, Precious & Free Series! *** The...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

where have you come from and where are you going?

This week, as New Years Eve approaches, I've been thinking a lot about 2015. I've...

December 14, 2015

all the 20’s in the whole wide world

My nephew Isaac turns 5 today. When he was 3-years-old, I was babysitting him, and...

December 11, 2015

room in the inn

When I lived in Portland, I had a townhouse with a big kitchen, hardwood floors...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

those who hurt so hard they can’t hope

There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't...

November 18, 2015

love

I don't have many words to describe the grief in my heart after what transpired...

November 11, 2015

if you’re going through hell….

I spent the past week blogging about my experience of going through, and emerging from,...

November 05, 2015

saint sarah: love alone

I knew that Togo would be hard, but I didn't know it would be that...

November 05, 2015

saint sarah: in the middle of the night

"Let There Be Night," I had said to God. And for several more months, there...

November 03, 2015

saint sarah: nightfall

This weekend we observed All Saints Day, and it got me thinking about what it...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

so you want to change the world

Since I returned from Togo, I've been on a writing deadline for my next...

October 26, 2015

acts of God vs. acts of us

This weekend, I saw lots of people posting "#PrayersForMexico" on social media. I almost had...

October 23, 2015

in me as it is in heaven

Some people learn life skills like love, patience and conflict resolution from living with a partner...

October 15, 2015

nothin’

Every morning I was in Africa, I tried to spend at least an hour writing,...

October 13, 2015

the ground on which we stand

I landed in the U.S. on October 5th. One of the first things I saw...

October 12, 2015

fall dates

Hey, friends! I wanted to let you know about my fall dates. No, unfortunately, not...

October 07, 2015

welcome home

I imagined it at least a hundred times. When I was sick with malaria, when...

October 04, 2015

the gift of not nailing it

It's my last day in Africa. I'm staying at a little motel right on...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

the very last drop

We're out of water. It's one of the driest "rainy" seasons on record in West...

September 22, 2015

(still)

Yesterday was my first day back at work, post-malaria. When I got malaria, I was in...

September 18, 2015

to get to you

While I was in the hospital receiving treatment for malaria, the nurses told me the...