Journey August 21, 2019

August 21, 2019 I am headed out tomorrow on a grief journey. For the past two and a half months, I’ve tried to leave. Oklahoma was my destination of choice…family (looootttttss of family 😍), friends. I have the sweetest aunt and uncle who lost their son a year ago, and I thought it would be perhaps…

Scars August 17, 2019

August 17, 2019 We all have them. Physical scars, emotional scars. You cannot make it through this life without pain…without scars. What started this post was this: I was thinking about Ashley and about heaven, and how she will be different and how she will be the same. That led me to think about her…

Ashley’s Joy

August 8, 2019 I can hear Ashley in my head. She’s saying to me, “Mooooommmm, enough! Where’s the joy?” I don’t feel a lot of joy these days, but Ashley was so full of joy. She loved laughter and she loved making people laugh. (So, I opened up this post of FB for stories of…

You Say August 2, 2019

You Say This post is difficult (and too long), and deeply revealing regarding Ashley’s life. It falls to me to be her voice, and that is a great responsibility because she would have made her mark on this world. As I’ve prayed about this, I’ve felt that I have her blessing, but have still green…