by Jessica Bolyard | Jan 9, 2013 | Faith, Fellowship
If you’ve “known” me long, you know that depression and anxiety is an undeniable part of my journey. It comes and goes, yes, in seasons that arrive as unexpectedly and as forcefully as a preschooler’s tantrum. (Honestly, sometimes it feels...
by Jessica Bolyard | Jan 2, 2013 | Faith
It had really been a very sweet evening until that point. We had gone through the routine: brushing teeth, bath time, back into her room for jammies, story time, and prayers. The same as every night, and it was going smoothly. Out of nowhere, though, she said...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 28, 2012 | Faith, Family
I’ve been writing letters to my daughter since she was born. They are in a nicely-bound book on a shelf, ready for her to read one day when she is much older and will appreciate the open window into her mother’s mind. Most of them are private, but a few...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 12, 2012 | Faith
Lately, it has begun the minute I get up in the morning. I turn on my iPod for background music as I wipe away the bleary-eyed remnants of sleep, attempting to get my head and my thoughts in the right place. It’s worship music – instrumental or vocal...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 5, 2012 | Faith
Christmas is a season filled with a million tiny twinkling lights. As we hang strings of lights on our roofs and take our starry-eyed children on drives to look at lights, let’s remember what it’s all about. All of those lights…all of the...
