kimberlycarol

"I couldn't allow myself to feel it, because I had reached my tipping point. At any moment, I knew I might give way like a dam with a crack. Maybe I needed a safe…

I feel September, and beyond the breeze, autumn. Lazy and satiated by her long summer nap, September scatters a few leaves as she rises and exhales a cool overnight breath. I don’t know about…

Identity, who we are & some tough love. It is hard to write at all after this past years craziness, but from an honest genuine place, the subject I want to address is identity.…

moving to the lake house, a summer reverie I thought our home on a beautiful hill was where we would retire, surrounded by trees, wildlife, and grandchildren. However, life took a curious turn in…

Someone once told me that love is a choice. Initially, I was not amused. I felt something so powerful that I couldn’t just decide NOT to feel it. Yet, how many times had I…

Thankfully, joy gives us fortitude and perseverance, helps us see the way through trouble. It is an antidote to pain, eases suffering. …

snowfall snow gift For several days in January during all the election hoopla, we got a reprieve from 2021’s tumultuous start. Instead of gray skies, bad news, and endless rain, there was considerable snowfall…

I dwell in the shelter of the Most High, and I rest in the shadow of the Almighty. With confidence, I say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God…

The struggle over America or any entrenched problem we face is warfare. The struggle itself is spiritual warfare, and requires spiritual weapons.…

Earlier this morning, I took the dogs out the back door, and they assaulted the quiet winter morning with excited yelps of joy. As they ran up the hill, two deer were startled enough…