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She Surrenders:
The Blog
​I have a genuine desire to encourage women to surrender the secret sins that try to define us. I have been blogging here since March 2016 for one purpose only: to share with you that there is a way out of addiction using faith as your biggest tool. In the She Surrenders blog, I write about my own experience of alcoholism as a woman who desperately loves the Lord, while having the secret love affair with vodka. I share what the break up looks like and how it continues to unfold in my life. That break up lead to recovery, you can read about it here.
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF JANUARY
In this second week of the New Year, you might think our Joyful Surrender meeting would be all about "just don't drink" and "hang in...
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LOVE NEVER FAILS
When our family decided to put these words on my brother's headstone, I was too angry to give those three words any credibility. I had no...
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The Garden of The Heart
I have some friends that pick their own strawberries, blueberries, peaches, or apples every year. If you've ever had it, you know that...
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Special Delivery
Ding dong! The doorbell rings, and you see a friendly delivery person in uniform holding a large package with your name on it. You see...
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I Changed My Mind
Do you ever feel like your mind is in its terrible twos? If you don't take it by the hand and guide it somewhere, it would likely run...
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The Way Things Were
Do you ever dream about the way things were back then? You know, when you were carefree, and things were simple? Maybe it’s the good old...
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Throwback Thursday: A Look at My Before and After
Who doesn't love a good renovation, complete with a dramatic before and after photo? There were moments when my recovery felt like...
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Your Superpower
When I was a kid, I wished I had the power to disappear. Matter of fact, there were times I wished that as an adult. Wouldn’t that be...
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Finding Significance, and It's Not a Thing
She sat in the silence staring out the window, sipping on her coffee. The sunshine on her face was a welcome presence in the midst of her...
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California Dreaming Part II
Wednesday morning greeted me with a coffee bar complete with barista-I had died and gone to heaven at the Oaks. Then breakfast and our...
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California Dreaming
My West Coast Adventure Part I. A few weekends ago, I spent a Saturday night at the David Crowder Concert. You can read about that here....
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Thoughts on the Puzzle
I've been thinking a lot about this puzzle we call life. When you are a kid, the puzzle has big chunky pieces that you can easily fit...
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Time Trials
When I hear the word race, I don't think about running a half marathon or anything like that. I did that, and I wasn't racing anyone-just...
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"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."
Norman Schwarzkoff I consider our theme this week to be an assignment from the best instructor on how to do life well; God. How can we...
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Why Are You Afraid of What's Inside?
This week in our small group, Joyful Surrender we are focusing on this verse and theme: Why would we ever be afraid to open a gift? I...
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Recovery Nightlife
Last weekend I had the honor of speaking at a Celebration Recovery Event in Dowagiac, MI. The husband and I took a little Saturday night...
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The Power is On.
It's been storming here all week here in West Michigan and everywhere else in the Midwest! I was not too fond of storms when I was a kid...
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Miss Independant
This week, our theme in Joyful Surrender (you can learn more about that here) is based on a verse found in Proverbs. Proverbs 3:6 NLT...
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The Dilemma of Decision.
"Unsuccessful people make decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make decisions based on what they want to be."...
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Self Care-How hard can it be?
Actually, it's harder than you think. When we think of self-care, we often confuse it with self-indulgence, so I thought I would clarify...
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