by Ashley | Sep 23, 2014 | book launch, Holy Spirit, intimacy, love, Uncategorized
A little over one year ago, I was dreaming and talking with God. I felt him ask me, “What is your wildest dream?” That is a loaded question and I have taken more than a decade to bury my wildest dream under fear, practicality, family obligations,...
by Ashley | Sep 10, 2014 | comfort, friendship, God's love, hard times, love, Uncategorized
It seems everywhere I go these days, I hear the women around me talk about a new season. They are all in transition from one phase of life to another. Some of the changes are small and some are huge. I am part of a special group of women that meet on a Wednesday...
by Ashley | Sep 4, 2014 | God's love, laughter, love, Uncategorized, Unconditional Love
Last night, I was putting my girls to bed and letting them choose a bed-time story. My Middle went for her Beginner’s Bible and flipped it open to the first story. So we dove right in. We read about God creating Adam and Eve and how that Sneaky Snake tricked Eve...
by Ashley | Aug 22, 2014 | ALS, Ice Bucket Challenge, love, MS, Uncategorized
The Ice Bucket Challenge. It is blowing up social media news feeds everywhere! Things like this start out as a novelty and then get old–fast. The naysayers and the proponents thereof come out of the woodwork to criticize and advocate for things like this in...
by Ashley | Aug 15, 2014 | intimacy, love, Uncategorized
The Friday of the first week back to school is a welcomed thing. We only go a partial week so it serves as a great test run for the new systems of the school year. We were lucky enough to not have homework this week which gave me a chance to get a handle on the...
by Ashley | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
The funk hit right after I got back home from the aforementioned conference. I was drained of energy and overflowing with new information in connection with the beloved craft of writing. Being that lopsided tends to take a few days to right itself again–under...
