It took me ten years to realize that rest (or lack thereof) was a problem for most single parents.  I always believed that rest was a problem for everyone.  Then, I was talking with one of my dear friends and she mentioned her nap.  What?

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”  That’s what Jesus says He came to do.  And yet, it felt more like a thief had come to kill and destroy.  I was 30 years old and had suddenly found myself orphaned and widowed, cancer having stolen both my mother and my husband over … More How to make something beautiful from ashes.

The doctor didn’t need to say the words.  I could see it myself in the jagged tumor.