by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 17, 2011 | Faith
“There’s a place in the darkness that I used to cling to…” Yesterday was rough. I was inexplicably overtaken by tears from the time I got up until…well, until this morning. My heart was broken, and while I had no reason to feel the pain I was feeling, that in no way...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 8, 2011 | Faith, Family
I don’t like to write too much about parenting here, mainly because I don’t feel like I have enough parental wisdom to use that as a topic for my writing. Sometimes, though, I think my husband and I do something particularly well and I do like to share those...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 5, 2011 | Faith, Family
I am not the mom I always assumed I would be. One of the best ways for me to explain what I mean is to show you this picture: That is my daughter’s PlayDoh. Four colors of it, to be precise….in only three blobs. With specks and flakes and pieces of different colors...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 2, 2011 | Faith
I hope that this is a venue where I can be as transparent as I want. I have something I want to talk about today, and to do so, I have to open up and share something that I have long struggled with. Prayer. If you are a member of my church community and know me from...
by Jessica Bolyard | Nov 21, 2011 | Faith
I awoke this morning with little else on my mind than my urgent need for coffee and my morning head congestion. Not long after that, as I sat drinking that cup of coffee and watching the Today Show, I got the news that has monopolized my thoughts today. My husband...
