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If I Stop Stepping In… What Actually Happens Next?
Hi again, friends! Last month I addressed how fixing can become a survival response. Many of you resonated with the reader’s question. Awareness is so important but even when you pause and find internal regulation, fear may persist. “If I resist the need to fix, what if everything falls apart?” or “What if I end up experiencing the consequences anyway?”…
When Current and Future Trauma Feels More Terrifying Than Past Suffering: Faith Based Approaches to Challenges
Hello, lovely friends! Can you believe it is finally Spring? We are moving into sunshine, warmer weather, bird songs, spring peepers and blooming flowers. Spring is a sacred reminder that no matter how heavy winter is, the sun does eventually rise. It invites us to turn our pain into a garden of growth with unexpectant and surprising shoots showing up…
Housemates, Not Helpmates: When Setting Boundaries Feels Like Controlling
Morning friend, I’ve been experiencing deep sorrow over a family tragedy. Tears come frequently. Feelings are raw and it’s hard to see or trust in God’s goodness in the dark, hard spaces of life. I’m not alone. This is the nature of life. The question we ask is “why?” Job asked it. Elijah asked it. Jeremiah asked it. Even Jesus…
When Fixing Him Becomes Your Survival Strategy
Hello LV&Co friends! Recently, I went to the ballet with a friend. Each year, my local ballet company does a production where the dancers step into the role of choreographer to create original pieces that are performed as part of the program. As I watched, I found myself thinking about how much is happening beneath the surface. What looks fluid…
A Woman’s Value and Worth Have No Expiration Date
Spring has sprung here in the United States and all around the world! April 2026 is finally here! I do love Springtime. What is your favorite season friend? This may be one of the last blogs I write before I leave for my Camino, as I take my very first sabbatical. If I write more before I go, they will…
I Hate My Ex Husband and Can’t Stop
Morning friend, Emotions can be wonderful and terrible — sometimes at the same time. We experience the joy of love, beauty, gratitude, and wonder, and we feel the pain of rejection, betrayal, injustice, illness, and life being hard. When you experience difficult or unpleasant feelings like rage, shame, hurt, and hatred, what do you do with them? The first step…
When His Mother Comes First: Why This Happens and What a Wise Woman Can Do
These days, I find myself wanting warm sunshine and longer days, and of course, some plans for the summer vacation and activities. I remember the days when the kids were still at home. Family vacations were always planned around our extended family that loved to camp and visit the mountains of Tennessee…Gatlinburg specifically. I loved creating memories with our extended…
Keeping Your SPLACE at the Table
Welcome friends, Month #3 of 2026 is here, and it feels like a turning point to me. I sense a quiet invitation woven into this season, not to rush, or force anything, or to pretend everything is fine, but simply to take the next honest step forward. I was chatting with a woman this past week while on a hike.…
When Relief Masquerades as Love
Hello LV&Co friends! March is here. When the groundhog made his prediction last month, I, along with most of the inhabitants of West Michigan, already knew what was coming. More cold. More grey. More snow to add to the existing piles. But when it was near 60 degrees and sunny for a few days, it felt exciting, like spring might…