Stop to Listen

The people who know me best know I am stubborn and have strong opinions. Some of them are well formed, and some of them are sort of innately rooted from my upbringing. In our society today, there are so many people like me with strong opinions, and the handling of such is poor and has …

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Just Show Up: How to Love Your Neighbor

I’ve learned something huge about what it means to love one another this year, and I wish I could go back and teach it to my younger self. Over the last 12 months, I cannot even count how many times people supported my family and showed us actual, tangible love. We bought a house last …

The Weekend Wave: August 16

August is half way over. WHAT. They make me happy ? Happy Birthday, @ddummel 30 looks good on you ? thanks Aunt @leahmdummel for the great family pictures ☺️ A photo posted by Felisha Joyce (@felishajoyce) on Aug 10, 2015 at 5:37pm PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js In the month that my two favorite guys were born (Josiah …

The Weekend Wave: August 2

Do the wave! God continually brings incredible people into my life. I am so thankful. Our friends Joel and Melissa announced they are expecting TWINS this week! That's exciting enough, but when they explained how they've battled infertility for years, I was even more in awe. It just goes to show that you never know how …

An Invitation to Be Real

I recently started reading Donald Miller's new book, Scary Close. In a way, I'm a Donald Miller fangirl, at least as much as an introverted, down-to-earth momma would be. I mean, it's not like that screaming, crying, wearing a t-shirt with his face on it kind of fandom. More like the kind of excitement you feel when you've …

Sharing the Love

One thing I love about the internet is all the people who are joining in conversations and sharing each other's ideas. It's a way to encourage your friends far and wide, to learn new things, and to be challenged to grow. So here's to sharing the love!   Lauren and Danielle are from my hometown. …

Peace Like a River

When I agreed to host a small group at my house, I was looking forward mostly to fellowship with other Christian women. I've been craving friendships like I had in Plainfield, where I made my faith my own and learned what adulthood really is. Deep spiritual connection is even harder to find than friendship. Ask and ye …

Togetherness with the Right People

This week was one of those times when I felt like all the introverting in the world wasn't going to be enough to fill me back up. The move, school, work...everything was taking, and I could not find a way to recharge. I ended up crying in my van as I hid from the cold …

Goals for February 2015

I'm a person of many words thought and written, but far fewer spoken. That's a reflection of the mess inside my brain. I get way overwhelmed when I look at "the big picture," but I love creating and accomplishing the tiny tidbits that lead to the larger goal. I made a chart for myself (In …

Go on and Stare at a Wall

It can't be a coincidence that today my good friend, Danielle, over at Monday Morning Mom, posted that she was planning to pare down her Facebook friends' list and spend less time online. She and I are "kindred spirits" (Anne of Green Gables, anyone?). We're definitely on the same page on this one. Earlier today, I was …