Oh, the proverbial straw. Yes, that one. The one that broke the camel’s back. That straw landed on me recently. It came crashing down on me with a weight I was not expecting. I mean, when I looked at it, it still looked like a small, little straw. It was an easily dealt with (although extremely annoying) issue. Truly. This straw was something that could be easily remedied, and yet...it landed with a force that caused every ugly cry ever wanting to come out of me in my whole l

It’s been almost fifteen years since my father died—May 6, 2003. And it was fifteen years ago this month that my heavenly father broke in to some of my worst pain and fear in order to teach me and comfort me in a manner I was not expecting. My father had stage 4 colon cancer and it was becoming clear that things were not going in a good direction for him. But each morning, as I would spend time in the silence with God, I would pray for my father. I would think of my dad and I