Sunday is almost here. Every commercial, every ad on every website, and everything I see on my Facebook news feed reminds me that Mother's Day is coming. It's just a couple days away. And to be totally honest, I don't know whether I'm ready for it or not. Basically every big or even somewhat big event from the last few months have been reminders of what should have been. The first time I went home to visit was difficult. I knew that everyone should have been oohing and ahhing over my growing belly. When we went to Six Flags, I knew that I should have not been able to ride some of the rides Continue Reading
When the World is Dragging You Down
Have you ever felt the storm clouds encompassing you? Have you ever felt overpowered by the world's devastation? Like you are being dragged down? There was one night recently where the world's evil and life's tragedies were overwhelming to me. I was thinking about a family who lost their little boy in a horrific accident, a friend who'd had a miscarriage, a relative that may have cancer, two child pornography cases I had just covered, and so many other things that can make a person feel sorrow. I laid in my bed that night, weeping for all of these things. I felt so weighed down by the world I Continue Reading