Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was 5 years ago today. November 25, 2014. The day the battle began. It started with surgery, a surgery that would leave me marked in a way I didn’t yet comprehend. All I knew is that I didn’t have any other options. All my other options had been... 
Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
“I don’t know what I believe anymore.” I’ll never forget the day I finally said those words out loud. I sat outside, on the deck in our backyard. The sun was shining, but I couldn’t shake the cold that had set in my bones. My husband didn’t know what to say. Neither... 
Nov 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was a question I never dreamed I’d ask. But that was before. Before life pulled the rug out from under my easy faith. Afterwards? All I could feel was my own pain. And God himself seemed far away. “I’ve now come to recognize the near-universality of the “Where is... 
Oct 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
He approached me at my book table after a speaking engagement. A young guy, maybe mid-thirties, clean-cut and professional. He stood in line behind a half-dozen others. When he made it to the front, I threw out my hand and smiled. “Hi, there. I’m Michele. Nice... 
Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
I sat alone at Gate C31, lost in my own head and surrounded by fellow passengers and all their backpacks and computer bags. In less than 30 minutes, we’d board the plane. After a glance at my watch, I settled into a free chair and pulled out my laptop, content... 
Oct 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was the fact that he wasn’t wearing shirt or shoes that first caught my attention, not the fact that he held something in his arms. After all, it’s not often you see a man walking the neighborhood barely dressed. Moments before I’d left the... 
