My grandmother combined two years of high school into one so she could jump ship at seventeen to marry her sweetheart. Nine months from the honeymoon she held her baby daughter in her arms; ten years from the honeymoon she held her seventh child. My grandmother had nine pregnancies and seven live births by the […]
Archives for October 2013
Be My Yes and Amen
This is one of those days where I feel as if I cannot go on. It’s all so heavy, the burden so heavy. “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” I am weary and heavy laden, Lord. I feel as if I cannot go on. The […]