Sincerely, Sydney.

“Just do the next right thingTake a step, step againIt is all that I can to doThe next right thingI won’t look too far aheadIt’s too much for me to takeBut break it down to this next breath, this next stepThis next choice is one that I can makeSo I’ll walk through this nightStumbling blindlyContinue reading “The Next Right Thing”

“Restlessness and Impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who ALL has things safely in His hands.” – Elisabeth Elliot Things were good. Things were actually great. It had been weeks since my kids actedContinue reading “Restless. < Peaceful.”

Today, I read a quote saying, “The woman at the well was divorced five times and Jesus still used her. Don’t let people count you out because you have a complicated past”.  When I read that I instantly loved it. How could I not? I feel like we all have a past and wonder ifContinue reading “Women at the Well”

Let your heart feel grace. Give your mind peace to know you are doing well without approval from outside sources. Remember that the enemy will not go away and mostly, people wont see you do good. Unfortunately, they will remember the days you were less than admirable or fell victim to temptation. But REST…. rememberContinue reading “Dear Future Sydney,”

Do you struggle to stay in the moment? I know I do. In the past year, it has been a constant battle of looking back and looking forward but never really looking down to see where my feet were planted in the moment. I am always ready for the next thing, ready to see whereContinue reading “Preparing for the Present”

“Hold me now. In the hands that created the heavens. Find me now. Where the grace runs as deep as your scars. You pulled me from the clay. Set me on a rock. Called me by your name. And made my heart whole again.” – Hillsong United Lately, I’ve written about some of the lowestContinue reading “Helped. Held. Whole.”

There are so many lessons in life. Lessons we welcome and lessons we wish to rebuke. Lessons that we hold dear to our soul and lessons we want to pray no one else has to learn the way we did. And as single parents, the lessons we are forced to learn and teach are sometimesContinue reading “Messengers of Mercy: Teaching Hard Lessons to our Kids”

The new year has come and is in full swing. Of course, most of us feel like 2020 should be erased and it will not be missed in the least bit. But, I was thinking… what if 2021 cant be one for the books without 2020 being one for the pits? Because really, it cant.Continue reading “Twenty-Twenty-One for the Books.”

Have you ever prayed that God would reveal something to you? Ok, not just prayed, begged.  Like, you ask and ask and ask and never know exactly how you will find out the answer.  The world is changing around you, yet you aren’t sure if those changes are answers to prayers or simply coincidence.   Today,Continue reading “Wait in the Wilderness”

The Pit The pit is something I know all too well. The pit is vicious, blinding, unforgiving, and better yet, crippling. I will spare you the gory details of just how many pits I have fallen into. For some, the pit of grief and heartache is a death, the loss of a baby, the lossContinue reading “Pits. Parenting. Praise”