January 2020… January 5th… first Sunday away. On January 12th… my husband and I chaperoned a weekend youth trip. On January 19th…my family and I…
46. 20/20 (Part 1)
The pastor decided that if these parents wanted a full-time Children’s Minister, they needed to pay up, give, tithe, and put offerings in the offering plate….
45. Piano Ribbon (Twenty Nineteen Part 22)
I worked through lunch that day. I was just ready to get out of there. While there alone, the florist delivered a flower arrangement from the staff to me, thanking me for my service to the church.
44. Only Jesus (Twenty Nineteen Part 21)
Why can’t I do this? Please just let me go back, I begged.
43. Zaffino’s (Twenty Nineteen Part 20)
He called this “petting” people. You know, how you pet a dog, and he likes you more? You give the dog an extra pat, an extra treat, and pretty soon, he’s eating out of your hand.
42. Twenty Nineteen (Part 19)
I will never forget the look on his face at that moment. He looked like someone had just told him that Santa Claus wasn’t real.
40. Twenty Nineteen (Part 18)
November 4th, 2019… the day I would resign…
39. Twenty Nineteen (Part 17)
I went to church that morning with mixed emotions. I was so relieved, yet I was scared that someone would see through me and figure out that I was quitting. So I had to lay low. It was a strange feeling.
38.Broken (Twenty Nineteen Part 16)
My first words…
I don’t want to do this
I don’t like being by myself
I don’t like quiet
I don’t like eating alone
I don’t want to cry
I don’t know where to start…
37. God is the Job (2019 Part 15)
I picked up my head, and this answer came out of my mouth, a response I had never considered, an answer I didn’t expect…