How to Wait With God’s Peace – Peace in the Waiting – Part 2

We live in a world of people who expect and demand immediate gratification. We want everything now and don’t like to wait for anything. We wish our lives away, waiting for the next thing ahead of us. We can’t wait to get out of high school, leave our parents, and be out on our own […]

How to Experience God’s Peace – Peace in the Waiting – Part 1

I should be in the hospital today delivering my 4th child and 2nd boy, Andrew James Chase. Instead I am thinking back over the past 10 months of my life, without a baby in my arms, and wondering how I am still standing. Peace is something we all desire. It’s defined as a state of […]

The Best and Worst Week of My Life

Remaining at peace during the most difficult time of your life has proved to be a great struggle and challenge. I continue to seek God’s peace daily. If you have never had a little one in the NICU, it can be a very scary, overwhelming place. Babies fighting for their lives. Parents holding on to […]

A Grieving Sister’s Perspective

My oldest daughter, Audrey, is 11 years old and was recently given an assignment at school to write a personal narrative. One of the options was to write about a day that changed her life. I asked her if she would be willing to share her story with all of you as my guest blogger! […]

What Should You Say? 

Milestone: First week back to work is finished.  Monday night I posted “Grief is like the Ocean” and described the progress I’ve made through this whole grief process. Then, Tuesday morning came, the tide rose, and waves crashed over my head relentlessly. I knew they would eventually  overwhelm me again … I just didn’t realize […]

Grief is like the Ocean

Who doesn’t love a nice, relaxing trip to the beach? I know I do! To sit on the balcony (or on your lounge chair if you are a sand person) and admire this massive body of water that God created. It extends as far as the eye can see and is filled with so much […]

God is Enough

I’ve been struggling with not feeling like I have “enough”. There is this big hole in my life now, and I feel like I need to fill it. I have been praying that God will help me to just be content with all He has given me and blessed me with. My in-laws gave me […]

Our Desire for Answers

When you experience difficult times in life, it’s really hard not to ask “why” – even when you trust that God has a plan. I think it’s just in our human nature to want answers. Or maybe it’s just in my nature! I pray often that God will forgive me for my unbelief and doubt, […]

Hills and Valleys

I just heard, for the first time the other day, a song by Tauren Wells called “Hills and Valleys.” It, of course, made me cry, but, more importantly, it spoke to me through my sadness. We’ve all experienced pain and joy and heartbreak and abundant blessings at some point in our lives. This chapter of my life […]

Understanding Grief and Pain

Our understanding of grief and pain is only as great as what we have experienced personally. When the most devastating thing you have experienced happens, you can’t imagine or understand how something could be any worse. We hear and see people’s grief but we really can’t understand it fully. That’s why we should never judge […]