My Dear Child, Before I begin I want to remind you how much I love you! And I mean you! Right now I am talking to you, so don't worry about what others are doing or how others are thinking or how others are feeling. I see the pain you've endured. I see the battle that...

Some days feel overwhelming. There are times in our lives where some days seem so daunting; yet, other times, we feel like we can take on the entire world!  Lately, I have been feeling overwhelmed. In fact, just the other day, I fought to get up and face the day....

(Before I start this, I am preaching to myself. Writing is my outlet and how I process things)  As much as I say I'd like to live by faith and not by sight. I have come to realize there are times I don't really!  I was on the phone with a friend not too long...

I was doing some cleaning today- both internally and externally. I was picking up a mess when I started in one spot then looked around to another mess. I turned around the other direction and there were more things that needed picking up. The long and short of it was...

I wondered around a well-known city by myself for about 3 days. Around 5:30pm every night, I would go out, grab dinner and go for hour long walks. During these walks, my mind was flooded with lies and my heart filled with hurt unlike anything I have experienced...

If you are a mom, you are my hero! If you chose to start a grueling 9 month of pregnancy (or years of waiting for adoption) you are my hero! This summer I have the opportunity to watch several kids: some are family, some are friends. I quickly realized this is no easy...

Friend #1: Hey! How are you? Friend #2: I am good! How are you? Hold on one second.  *walks away to her coffee Friend #1: *waits for friend #2 to return Friend #2: Got my coffee, sorry, where were we? Friend #1: You asked me how I was. Friend #2: That's right! How...

It has been three years since I have been a regular attender at my old church. I had moved to another city. When I saw a friend request from the senior pastor's wife at that particular church- I smiled. I decided to write her and share a picture with her of the...

It was around 2 am in the morning. I had just made one of the biggest decisions of my life. Since it takes me a while to process things, I drove mindlessly for almost 2 hours. I kept asking myself, “What am I doing?”, “What about this?”, “What about that?”, “Jesus,...

Today, if I were to write my conversation out with God I believe it would go something like this:Me: God? God: Yes Me: Thank you for always being there for me. God: Of course Christi, you are my child!  Me: Sometimes it’s hard for me to grasp your compassion....