Recently I was asked me to speak at a local retreat on Joy. I went away from the meeting and the request excited for the opportunity, but a bit skeptical and thought “me talk about joy?? What do I really know about joy?, Can I really do this?” Then, as...

Today I had a huge softening of the heart for my mom. Something powerful shifted in me as I saw her as a flawed, imperfect yet powerful woman for the first time. I saw her vulnerability, which showed me her strength. For years I thought she was perfect, I idolized...

My husband came home from work today and after the usual “Hello. How was your day,” chit chat, he asked me curiously “Hey, why do you think we were not born in America? We live here, our kids are American, it is our home. Why were we not born here?...