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Life After Loss: Three Months

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 thebluegateblog4

Three months. Your shoes, your coat, your hat, are not hanging in your mudroom anymore. Your car is not in your driveway, your closet is cleaned out. Your office is being rearranged, your drawers are emptied – but somehow you are still here. Your hat and jacket hang at my place now and I wouldn’t […]

Two Days After Losing the Love of My Life: From My Mom

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 thebluegateblog4

My dad moved to heaven on February 18, 2019. On February 20 my mom came down from upstairs with a journal in her hand and something she wanted to share with us kids. She said she woke up early that morning and felt like she was standing on the edge of a precipice. She was […]

Life After Loss: One Month

March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 thebluegateblog8

One Month. Oh Daddy. Oh Daddy I miss you. One month closer to seeing you again. I have to admit, I’m not always as strong as I have hoped I would be. One day I know I will be okay. I know I can do this, Dad. I know I can run my race well, […]

Chickens in the Rain

October 6, 2018 thebluegateblog2

For those who don’t know, in 2015 we sold our home in the city along with much of what we owned to move into our travel trailer, flip some houses, and eventually fulfill a dream of finding a home with some acreage in the country. In the meantime, we lived on a plot of mostly […]

Is It Always God’s Will to Heal? Part 1

November 7, 2017June 4, 2018 thebluegateblog

I knew when I started this blog last year that sharing my testimony would be a big part of it. I didn’t realize how hard that would be to do. For starters, how much information is too much? What and when do I share? What about the parts that aren’t finished yet? I don’t like […]

Seated with Christ

October 6, 2017 thebluegateblog

Some days being and acting like an adult is easier than other days. Today was a hard day to be adulty. We are traveling back from a long vacation and I went to bed last night with a fever and had a hard time sleeping because of the semi trucks rushing by on the […]

Guest Post: That Moment When I Was a Victim

June 27, 2017 thebluegateblog

I met Kala last year through a mutual friend and have been so inspired by her journey from extreme sickness to vibrant health! I love talking with her and being challenged by her to recognize beliefs, or as Kala calls them, “high places”, that are contrary to what God has said – tearing the high […]