by Jessica Bolyard | Feb 1, 2013 | Faith
Honestly, I had forgotten about it until this morning. I picked up my purse, the strap pressing hard on the bruised knot on my hand. It’s not as swollen now as it was, but when I felt the twinge I looked and realized it’s moved into that ugly stage all...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jan 31, 2013 | Faith
The pants I’m wearing today have a huge hole in the left pocket. I don’t know how it got there; it’s been there ever since I bought them for a dollar at a secondhand store. They’ve since become one of my favorite pairs of pants,...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jan 29, 2013 | Faith, Family
I had a completely different post scheduled for you today, but something happened the other day and I’ve had to rethink some things. (Don’t worry. That will be less vague soon.) In lieu of the post I had for you, I’ve pulled a quick one from the...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jan 24, 2013 | Faith
Soon after I graduated from college, I (very unexpectedly) took a position as youth minister at a local church. Some of the sweet girls in the youth group gave me a plant for my desk (apparently not knowing of the great likelihood that in doing so, they were...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jan 11, 2013 | Faith, Family
On her birthday morning, I woke her up by singing “Happy birthday.” She stirred, ever so slightly, and then pushed the blanket down off of her face. Before her eyes even opened to the sunlight, a smile lit up her face. Gift #1. Birthday pancakes and...
