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When presented with a big, messy struggle, I will choose the path around every single time. But there are great lessons to be learned on the path through.

Lessons learned from the path through

Have you ever looked at a huge, messy situation in front of you and thought, “I just can’t”? Perhaps the thought of walking through whatever that thing is — financial strain, relationship issues, a health crisis — is simply too much to bear.

There must be another way, a way around this hot mess of a situation, you think. You close your eyes for just a moment and offer up this simple prayer, “Please, let there be another way. Please move this struggle from my path.”

But then you open your eyes and finances are still uncertain, the relationship is still tricky and the health crisis hasn’t budged.

So then what?

There are two choices – the path around or the path through.

I’m not okay and I bet you aren’t either

July 8, 2016 / Jenna / 4 Comments

This site is supposed to be a safe place where we can bear our hearts to each other, lift each other up, comfort and encourage one another. And as the Chief Cheerleader, it’s my job to create that space. It’s my job to start the healing with confessions of my own, with honesty, vulnerability and brokenness. It’s my job to talk about hard things and share how I find joy and hope in any situation.

And I’ve been silent.

I’ve been silent because I simply didn’t have the words. The news of the world had just become too much. I was left stunned and broken and completely mute.

Until last night.

Grief is a strange thing. Some days it simply sits with you as a constant companion, never interrupting your rhythm and yet, always present. Other days, waves of sadness, love, depression and joy come one after another as you miss your loved one terribly and at the same moment, are intensely grateful for the time you had together. Joy and grief are an unlikely pair, but here they are, sitting together with us.

Grief and joy

May 12, 2016 / Jenna / 1 Comment

Grief is a strange thing. Some days it simply sits with you as a constant companion, never interrupting your rhythm and yet, always present.

Other days, waves of sadness, love, depression and joy come one after another as you miss your loved one terribly and at the same moment, are intensely grateful for the time you had together. Joy and grief are an unlikely pair, but here they are, sitting together with us.

Sometimes it's the littlest things that mean the most. Over the past few months, simple moments of kindness have gotten my family through a lot of muck and mire. I've started and stopped writing this post 10 times now (Wordpress keeps count) and I'm still not sure I have the right words to express my gratitude. Let me begin by telling you a little about the amazing ways people loved us with their actions.

Kindness and thanks

April 21, 2016 / Jenna / 0 Comments

Sometimes it’s the littlest things that mean the most.

Over the past few months, simple moments of kindness have gotten my family through a lot of muck and mire. I’ve started and stopped writing this post 10 times now (WordPress keeps count) and I’m still not sure I have the right words to express my gratitude.

Let me begin by telling you a little about the amazing ways people loved us with their actions.
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Happy Sunday, dear friends! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and are ready for the week ahead! This week we are talking about dreams, sharing awesome Facebook posts about fear and true friendships and getting real about asking for prayer. It's all the great stuff of life and I hope you are as encouraged by these posts/podcasts as I am.

Sunday Share

March 20, 2016 / Jenna / 4 Comments

Happy Sunday, dear friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and are ready for the week ahead! This week we are talking about dreams, sharing awesome Facebook posts about fear and true friendships and getting real about asking for prayer. It’s all the great stuff of life and I hope you are as encouraged by these posts/podcasts as I am.