Shinelife

"Saved" = The only title that matters
I like to collect titles, mom, wife, daughter, friend, these are good ones, but I find myself continuing to try to collect more; I have many after my name in...
"Saved" = The only title that matters
I like to collect titles, mom, wife, daughter, friend, these are good ones, but I find myself continuing to try to collect more; I have many after my name in...

Love, Dad
My dad is not conventional when it comes to love. I’m pretty sure he has never said, “I love you” unless I said it first. He is not much for...
Love, Dad
My dad is not conventional when it comes to love. I’m pretty sure he has never said, “I love you” unless I said it first. He is not much for...

Dear Single Ladies:
To all the single ladies: You read that in Beyonce’s voice, didn’t you? Advice from a woman who almost missed out on the love of her life. This year marks...
Dear Single Ladies:
To all the single ladies: You read that in Beyonce’s voice, didn’t you? Advice from a woman who almost missed out on the love of her life. This year marks...

Trusting God with Finances
I lost my job when I was 28. At the time I was the main income provider for my husband and myself. We had no savings, no retirement to cash...
Trusting God with Finances
I lost my job when I was 28. At the time I was the main income provider for my husband and myself. We had no savings, no retirement to cash...

Faith Through Unanswered Prayers
“If you just pray everything will be ok.” We are fed on television, social media, blogs, devotionals, and sometimes even at church. If we pray hard enough the child with...
Faith Through Unanswered Prayers
“If you just pray everything will be ok.” We are fed on television, social media, blogs, devotionals, and sometimes even at church. If we pray hard enough the child with...

Milk, Eggs, and Cookies
My best friend lost her mother when she was four. Now, more than three decades later she can’t remember the sound of her mother’s voice. She can’t remember how she...
Milk, Eggs, and Cookies
My best friend lost her mother when she was four. Now, more than three decades later she can’t remember the sound of her mother’s voice. She can’t remember how she...