Author: Yvonne
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The Day We Picked Up Mom’s Ashes
The hotel we were staying in had a little breakfast buffet. I was too anxious to eat much, but I tried. A couple with their infant came in to eat and they were sitting quite close to us. We started to make small talk. I asked them what they were doing in this area. The Read more
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Shield Bearers
Psalm 33:20 ESV [20] Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. This world was created to be a beautiful, peaceful place basking in God’s glory. But humanity was deceived and sin entered in(read Genesis). What was meant for good, was now destined for the selfishness of men rather than Read more
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Back and forth
The news of my mom’s death rocked our world. I was sitting in my therapist’s office when I found out. This came after weeks of her sending these messages saying she was going to be with Jesus. Many of her letters she had sent in the past couple of years had said such things as Read more
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Psychological Warfare
The day the boxes arrived started out as any other day, really. We had done some school work and chores. We were about to eat lunch when my sister called me. She had received a box in the mail from my mom. My mom had sent my sister several of her personal things that she Read more
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Funerals
Life with my Mom was not exactly easy. In fact, to describe her is too complicated for me to untangle. Her funeral was, well, in essence the same as a funeral we attended for a friend’s step dad. Both funerals were for Christians. Both were at a church. Both were filled with grief and sorrow Read more
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Our house was sinking. . .
We patched a couple foundation issues. We fixed the flooding problems. Yet, these were problems that just scratched the surface of what would eventually have us afraid to live in our own home. In the fall of 2023, our friend delivered the blow as nicely as possible. “Your house is sinking and it will cost Read more
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“Now what?”
Philippians 1:12 “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.” Here sits Paul, a prisoner of Rome and a disciple of Jesus Christ. Once a devout Jew and persecutor of The Way, he was converted to following Jesus when God literally shoved a heavenly Read more
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The Fog
Fresh grief makes everything foggy or darkened. You have your life before you, and you know what is happening, but everything just seems foggier or darker. Honestly, sometimes even “fresh” is a very relative word. In my case, I mean “recent.” On November 12, 2025, my mother committed suicide. Gosh, where do you even go Read more
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Day of Atonement-Remembering the Sacrifice
One of my greatest fears was broadcast to the world and lived out by a woman called Erika Kirk. Not only was her husband murdered for something he believes in, but the whole world saw it. Then, Erika had the audacity to forgive her husband’s murderer. And yet, this is exactly what Jesus did for… Read more
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We QUIT the holidays
How do you celebrate holidays? Ok, not all of them, but we did quit the major ones. In 2023, what had been our staple traditions as Christians, raising our family in a church, no longer worked for us. We lost our church home and an income. We started realizing just how far gone my mother Read more