by Ashley | May 28, 2015 | emotions, Ephesians 3:20, God's love, growth, hard times, Holy Spirit, hope, identity, intimacy, love
I have this fresh perspective on my life. I am not sure how one achieves such a season. I would like to think I conjured it up in the hours I spend with God. I would like to think I have somehow earned it through holy behavior. But the truth of the matter is God has...
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 | May 11, 2015 | comfort, emotions, God's love, growth, hard times, Holy Spirit, motherhood
I sit with dried tear paths down my cheeks and what I am sure is a startling look of make-up covering the blotchies that I have been genetically cursed with after an ugly cry. It is only 12:37 on Mother’s Day and I have had an epic meltdown that had been brewing since...
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 25, 2015 | be brave, Freedom, God's love, growth, Holy Spirit, intimacy, love, Unconditional Love
The Bible has been on my mind a lot lately. It has survived all these centuries and additions and translations. Its timeless relevance never ceases to amaze me. Honestly, I am falling in love with it for the first time in my Christian life (that’s twenty-one years of...
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...
