by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 27, 2012 | Faith, Family
I dropped her off at school this morning wearing an orange skirt and a blue shirt. Her ponytail was tied back with an orange and green curly-cue ribbon. As I did her hair this morning, wrestling with her still baby-fine hair that was rumpled from preschool slumber,...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 25, 2012 | Faith
Do not be afraid, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9) That’s a promise we can cling to, friends. Follow...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 19, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
The other morning, as I poured my coffee and mixed up my daughter’s breakfast shake, I heard a rustling behind me. Our cat, Sebastian, was poking around on the floor of our pantry, messing with the plastic grocery bags that mysteriously multiply there. I shook my head...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 14, 2012 | Faith
A few years ago, as I started a new job, I had to go out of town for training. I wasn’t the only new employee; the other girl starting a parallel position to mine had to travel to Atlanta for training as well. While I didn’t know her, it seemed logical that we...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 12, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
Driving down the road this morning, I saw a license plate from a county I’d never heard of prior to my freshman year of college. My friend Sarah was from Dallas; not knowing there was a tiny town in northwest Georgia by that name, I assumed she had come to Berry...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 10, 2012 | Faith
Give me your eyes for just one second. Give me your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missing. Give me your love for humanity. Give me your arms for the broken-hearted, the ones that are far beyond my reach. Give me your heart for the ones forgotten. Give me...
