Hope For Widows Foundation

Do you ever find it harder than you expected to help another widow? Don’t get me wrong, I think there is an incredible unspoken sort of connection among widows because only...

It has been an interesting journey, to say the least, over the last two years as I’ve been learning how to truly walk with God in my daily life as a widow, a mom, and a leader.  It hasn’t been a bad thing, to really figure out how to make God the center of my life, to learn to rely on Him fully, and to pu{t Him first in everything that I do.  It’s just meant a lot of learning...

At one point in the now-distant past, I became a certified yoga instructor. At the same time, Bret got his personal trainer certification, and the two of us were offered jobs at the same gym in San Antonio.

Strife always followed our relationship, but honestly, this was a great period in our lives. Our little gym family was incredibly tight-knit, and I am happy to say ...

As long as there weren’t any traffic snags, I knew I could drop the kids off at school and still make it to the McDonald’s restroom down the street in the nick of time, without crapping my pants. From there I could make it  back home. I had figured out where every public restroom in town was located. I knew which ones were multiple stalls versus single stalls, and which ones ...

A gentleman with whom I was having a conversation the other day was lamenting the sale of his old car.

He was saying things like how silly it was of him to have these kinds of feelings about a car, but they’d been through a lot together.

I didn’t think it was silly at all; I’ve had an attachment to every vehicle I’ve ever owned. Two of said cars caused ...