by Ashley | Mar 16, 2017 | comfort, emotions, friendship, growth, Unconditional Love
Life is messy. I don’t think there is anyone who has lived a full life, and upon reflection, found a life devoid of troubles—be they great or small. I would consider myself to be a positive person, but I can also be honest about the fact that my adulthood started in a...
by Ashley | Jul 7, 2016 | be brave, friendship, growth, hope, motherhood, Uncategorized
I met with a friend today. It was your typical playdate with preschool-aged kids. There was milked poured, sibling squabbles, and Daniel Tiger in the background. I loved it. Not because of any of those things, but because this friend and I get each other. We don’t...
by Ashley | May 18, 2015 | comfort, emotions, friendship, growth, hard times, intimacy, romans 8:13
“It’s mine!!!!” Screeched my five year old daughter from the top of the stairs. “No it’s not! It’s mine! You took it from my floor!” My seven year old son bellowed back with rage. The thunder of four feet spilling down the stairs as fast as possible and the volume of...
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 | Mar 23, 2015 | friendship, growth, hard times, Letters to Bea, love, Uncategorized, Unconditional Love, war, writing
The letters didn’t start out to be the life line that they had become. The idea was born out of desperation when the girls were dealt the blow of separation the summer before their senior year. It had been a dream come true for Bea to be able to stay in one...
by Ashley | Mar 12, 2015 | be brave, big goals, friendship, God's love, growth, hard times, Letters to Bea, love
I am trying something new here. It may be a total flop and I am okay with that. The process of growing into a writer is both scary and uncharted for me. I have a small niche carved out in the devotional world (with 2 books on Amazon now), but I would like to dabble in...
