by Jessica Bolyard | May 8, 2013 | Faith, Family
Dear Jennifer, Honey, I’m proud of you. Do you know that? Do you really know that? Because I am so very proud of you and it’s important to me that you know that. I’m proud of you for the obvious things, of course, like how you’re learning to...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 6, 2013 | Faith
It was one of those mornings when it seems the clouds have come for a forever visit. They were low-lying, drifting not up above as usual but meandering about, mingling with us ground-dwellers. They minded their own business, certainly, and had no concern for the...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 5, 2013 | Faith
Linking up today with Deidra Riggs’ Sunday Community. Follow...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 1, 2013 | Faith, Family
I’m driving along, singing loudly with one of my favorite songs, when I hear a little voice rise from the back seat. I turn the music down and glance in my rear view mirror as I ask her to repeat herself. “I was asking you what this song is about....
by Jessica Bolyard | May 1, 2013 | Faith
This past weekend marked eight years since I thought it was all over. I had been dating him for just a few months, but my heart was fully invested in him and in us. When I called him that afternoon, though, he had a tone in his voice that I recognized but did not...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 24, 2013 | Faith, Fellowship
I sat in the tiny chapel for the second night in a row. I was hoping for a special Word for my heart alone but feared that it had already come and, unbeknownst to me, had slipped past unnoticed. Retreats are always like that for me. I come with hopes and expectations...
