I had the opportunity to talk on a podcast episode about what really goes on behind the camera. What you don’t see or hear about when you watch a movie — the challenges, the isolation, the times it is too much and on the brink of giving it all up.

How do you perceive grief? Do you run from it? Do you need to change your perspective on grief as a friend and not the enemy? There are only two directions when pain hits: toward God or away from Him.

God isn’t going to only make it sunny. His fulfilled promises are guaranteed in rainbows. The result may not be what you had pictured as a rainbow, but He’s bringing about something even better…

“How will this impact her?” She is going to remember that his life meant something. It had value.

I am more passionate than ever to stand for life.

I finally allow myself to be happy. To experience all the joy without guilt, shame, or fear. To overflow with gratitude for all that the Lord has done and redeemed both spiritually and physically.

As much as we want “the best time of the year” to be “happy” and “merry,” it’s not always the case.

Meet my nurse, Beth.