by Ashley | Apr 14, 2015 | comfort, fiction, friendship, growth, Letters to Bea, trust, Uncategorized, war, writing
Maggie knew that her life would be different after Bea and Robbie got married. She would be living on her own for the first time―ever. She knew she would see Bea at work and on the occasional girl’s night, but she never imagined she would be juggling that with...
by Ashley | Feb 27, 2015 | be brave, comfort, emotions, Freedom, hard times, intimacy, worship
I am convinced of this, that the one who began a good action among you will bring it to completion by the Day of the Messiah Jesus. Philippians 1:6 Today I woke up with the worst hair in the history of clean, terrible hair. I half-dried it and went to bed knowing it...
by Ashley | Jan 15, 2015 | be brave, comfort, Freedom, God's love, Holy Spirit, intimacy, love
Back in November, I shared that we were feeling a shift. We (my husband and I) began looking into alternative schooling for our kids. This journey is full of so much unknown and conflicting feelings! I almost envy those families who have a conviction about a...
by Ashley | Jan 6, 2015 | comfort, God's love, Holy Spirit, intimacy, love, Unconditional Love
It is fasting time at our church. We take the first three full weeks of the year and dedicate them to the Lord by fasting something and spending more time in prayer. The idea behind it is to quiet the flesh and realign ourselves with God. This gives way for us as...
by Ashley | Nov 20, 2014 | comfort, God's love, Holy Spirit, identity, love, trust
I have come to realize that Motherhood comes in waves and seasons. As soon as I get my footing and feel really comfortable in a particular season, a wave of change (be it ever so slight) will come through and cause me to shift. I know part of that is my own doing. I...
by Ashley | Nov 3, 2014 | comfort, God's love, Holy Spirit, identity, philippians 1:6, trust, writing
NaNoWriMo is one of the strangest words you may hear this month. It is a mash-up of words that all push me to do something that I have never done before! NaNoWriMo stands for, National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to write 50,000 words (a novel essentially)...
