This past weekend marked the end of a chapter for my oldest daughter and her boyfriend. They met at Baker and have become quite the intentional couple. Her boyfriend is going back to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for a notable career position as he was unable to acquire a job here due to the new restrictions placed on international students by the ‘US administration.’ I have to look at this as meant to be. It is a very good job that not many have a chance at. —-My daughter will be goi

I am in despair. I don’t want to be this way. Perhaps if I just got up from this couch and walked around I’d feel better. But I don’t feel like it. My body and mind are telling me to rest. Rest Darlene. Let it reside and don’t allow it to control you. We have all the power we need when we give Jesus our problems. He will be with us. We just need to allow Him to take over what worries us. The trouble is - pain is felt. Pain inside. Sadness. Hurt. Regret. Shame. Anger. I am not

I just love this. In my … past years - all too often others attempted to use my past against me … until I finally came to terms with it. It - being my past. And honestly, I wanted to beat people to the punch when they would tell me they were going to share who I was and what I did - using this tactic as a weapon against me. No way was I going to let that happen. If anyone was going to share details about me - it was going to be me. I figured, everything I did was no differe