Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here!

I have long been a storyteller. I love stories and the power of stories to speak to others providing wisdom, encouragement whether they be whimsical, entertaining, gut-wrenching or thought-provoking. I’ve found what has ministered to me the most is when people share their stories and I think to myself: “this person understands, and I am not alone.” Stories have a strong heritage – the Bible is essentially a story book and Jesus the great storyteller! Stories can change lives.

 

Why am I here? In short because the Holy Spirit has whispered to me: write. Share your story. Share your journey. Share your family’s journey. Years ago, as I argued with my mother about why I was so open about my own story, I simply answered: It is no longer my story but the Lord’s. If it helps one person see or know Jesus more deeply it will have been worth it. However, I'm just starting this walk of "writing faith." Thanks for giving me grace as I try to improve and grow.

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My story is complex and full of paradox. I’ve never married or raised a family and yet have also not supplanted that with a successful career – ha! In fact, I’ve had many careers over the years: singer, actress, music teacher, librarian, corporate account manager in NYC, real estate agent, content publisher and compliance specialist!

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My childhood was not idyllic, and I emerged from it with scars and baggage. Like most of us, I carry those wounds with me and constantly. I struggle, I overcome, and hand things over to God sometimes over and over again. He is always there – my constant companion. My redeemer. My friend.

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I grew up in the country, relocated to big cities and crave both environments. God has taken me on a whirlwind journey through exhilaration, joy and triumph but also heartbreaking trauma and soul-numbing depression and PTSD. I’ve tried to walk away from God but every time I find Him there: patiently waiting for me to listen to His voice in the whisper.

I am messy. I’ve fought against God, I’ve fought alongside God and then I’ve just hung on to him for dear life, trusting that He would fight the battle for me since I was battle-worn.

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I am chronically single and never had children!  And yet God has blessed me with family both born into and chosen. And with the ache of childlessness, he’s surrounded me with children at church and as a teacher of things musical. My life scripture is the first half of Isaiah 54. Part of the first verse reads “more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband” and in verse 4 “You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.”

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I grew up in a small town in Washington State, did my undergrad in Bellingham, Washington earning a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. I then moved to NYC, ostensibly to sing, act and dance, but found myself in Corporate America. I stayed for 20 years. I currently live in Seattle – closer to family, but also, oddly, craving land, goats and dogs! However, currently I am a condo dweller with two mischievous cats.

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So welcome friend. It means the world to me that you’ve stopped by. Be encouraged – the Lord is with you!

 

ISAIAH 54

1  “Shout for joy, infertile one, you who have not given birth to any child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord. 2  “Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them; Lengthen your ropes And strengthen your pegs.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities.

4 “Fear not, for you will not be put to shame; And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; But you will forget the shame of your youth, And no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
5 For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of armies; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.
6 For the Lord has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” Says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion I will gather you.
8 In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting favor I will have compassion on you,” Says the Lord your Redeemer.

9 “For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor rebuke you.
10 For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My favor will not be removed from you, Nor will My covenant of peace be shaken, “says the Lord who has compassion on you.

11 “Afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, And I will lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies, And your gates of crystal, And your entire wall of precious stones.
13 All your sons will be taught by the Lord; And the well-being of your sons will be great.
14 In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.
15 If anyone fiercely attacks you, it will not be from Me. Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
16 Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals And produces a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.
17 No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And you will condemn every tongue that accuses you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.