by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 19, 2014 | Faith
I’ve recently begun something I never – ever, in a million years – thought I’d do. In fact, if you had asked me point blank even a few months ago to become a consultant for a direct sale company, I’d have furrowed my eyebrows, shaken my...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 15, 2014 | Faith, Fellowship
I recently heard about an elementary school trend moving across the country. A little boy in Pennsylvania apparently saw other children at his school missing out on fun at recess because they didn’t have anyone to play with. For one reason or another, they sat...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 13, 2014 | Faith, Family
It was supposed to be our errand-running day before she started school. We had places to go and things to do, and I had planned on taking full advantage of the entire day by leaving the house early to get everything done. The night before, I had laid out a detailed...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 11, 2014 | Faith, Family
We flew past the tiny car, its driver lazily puffing on a cigarette as he crept down the road. I had places to go, and his under-the-speed-limit driving wasn’t working for me. As we passed him, she gasped in the back seat: “Mommy! That man was making a BAD...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 6, 2014 | Faith, Family
I don’t know quite how I’m supposed to feel today. And to be honest, I’m not sure how I actually do feel. I took my little girl for her first day of kindergarten this morning, and ever since the moment of her walking away – enormous backpack...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 16, 2014 | Faith, Family
It’s one of those days. I just dropped my little girl off for her last day of preschool. Her last day. As in, the next time I take her to school, she’ll be in kindergarten. At an elementary school. For eight-ish hours in the same building as twelve year...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 14, 2014 | Faith, Family, Fellowship
After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 12, 2014 | Faith
I cannot imagine. I can’t imagine sending my daughter to school, just like any other day, and later learning that something horrific had happened. I can’t imagine hearing that she – and all of her classmates – had been abducted,...
by Jessica Bolyard | Mar 24, 2014 | Faith
If spoken words can have flashing lights, these did. And if they can come at a person like blazing darts, these did just that. “We are all disciples of something,” he said. “Whether we’re following Jesus or not, we’re all...
by Jessica Bolyard | Mar 23, 2014 | Faith
I love to read, and I’ve read a lot of good books. I’ve even read a number of great books. But the list of books that have literally changed my life? That list is pretty short. And the list of life-changing books that I plan to read again and again? Even...
