Jodi

If I’m being completely honest, words have been hard to come by these days. I’ve been overcome by loneliness and depression, and stress has had a hold on me more than I care to confess. This fall has been hard. Even though this time of year is one of my favorites, it gets tainted with […]

“When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zohar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.” Job 2:11 When we moved two years ago, it nearly broke […]

Never in my life have I ever had so much change, especially in such a short amount of time. This past year, my husband and I quit our jobs, sold our home and moved with two teenagers north, to live the farm life we had always longed for. Along with that came becoming a stay […]

There are times in your life when you realize just how short life is – times when you look at those dreams in the distance and wonder what you are waiting for. Do you wonder what would happen if you just stepped out in faith and really pursued them? Would God part the waters for […]

I never fully appreciated the sun and all its splendors until I got sick.  Yes, I always liked summer and all it had to offer – tractor pulls on cool summer nights, days of county fairs amidst Ferris wheel rides, and canning just about everything in sight that grew from my family’s garden, just to name […]

Can I be honest with you, friend? I’m weary. And I would rather not be sharing this. I would much rather be telling you my body is great and my heart is solid, all the while with a smile plastered on my face and makeup and wardrobe exquisitely sculpted to a T. But no matter […]

Over the past eight years of my chronic illness journey, God has brought so many blessings upon my heart. One of which – friends to walk this journey alongside my struggling spirit. More times than I could ever recall, God has placed some amazing women to pick me up, encourage me, and most importantly turn […]

When someone around us is suffering, whether it be from heartbreak, loss or illness, we want to be able to help, don’t we? We want to find the perfect words to say to ease them in their pain, and help them feel encouraged and loved. Yet those words are hard to find, especially when we […]

We live in a fallen, broken world that sometimes is so full of pain we are unable to catch our breath between blows. Sickness attacks our bodies and pain-filled scenes invade our hearts. I have a feeling you are all too familiar with this. I know I am. Right now, I have friends all over […]

Last night, my husband and I got to reminiscing and opened the door to so many memories. Some we laughed about, while some launched a flood of hurts that had been long forgotten. We talked of my being rushed into heart surgery and a doctor we called Dr. Meany-head (just so you know, he totally […]