While many of us will be celebrating the gift of having and/or being mothers this Mother’s Day, I want to speak to those who mourn quietly in the shadows. For those of you whose mothers have passed away, no matter what your age, loosing a mother leaves a tremendous void. And to those who have known the tragedy of life in reverse, where you, the parent buried your child, just attempting to imagine your heartache is honestly beyond my emotional comfort zone. I personally have had a small glimmer of what that is like. My husband and I cared for …
Confessions of an Obnoxious Easter Bunny. Featuring “Be Lifted Higher” -Original Music by Shelleen
You’re about to see one of those pictures that might even be worth more than a thousand words. So brace yourself. For those of you who don’t know, my current home is one of the last two standing in what is now the commercial end of town. Twenty-thousand cars pass by my front yard every day. Turning left out of my driveway can be a real lesson in patience sometimes. It’s not unusual for this Potter County girl who grew up in the sticks to leave tire marks in the grass because I’ve high-tailed it through the back yard, behind …
Somebody needs to hear this… (featuring “Redemption Song” -original music by Shelleen)
Every time I proof-read over this post I am riding the delete button. God is impressing on my heart that tonight, it is better to let my words be few, and instead allow Him to communicate through the language of music. So I’m breaking all the “blog rules” and resisting the temptation to spew all that wants to bubble out through my fingers; No pretty pictures that will delay me getting out this post either. I feel like someone out there needs it now. God gave me this song ten days ago, and all I want to do is …
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It’s Getting Deep… (Featuring original music by Shelleen)
When I was 16 I got the invitation to be in a pageant. Those of you who knew me then (and now) know that I am pretty much the antonym of “pageant girl”. I grew up in what we called “the sticks”, and was far more comfortable with an audience watching me slam a basketball down a court, than I was dancing in a production number. I still only wear make-up about twice a week, and I was (and remain at times) about as unpolished as a bucket in a horse barn. The first time I got the invite, I …
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The Power of Worship Through Pain (Featuring Original Music by Shelleen)
“Well, all we can do now is pray.” We’ve all heard this phrase. Perhaps it’s escaped from your own lips; most likely when you’ve exhausted your own resources and strength in whatever battle you are fighting. If you are willing, read on…I’d like to shed some perspective, then add a twist onto that statement if I could. Ponder with me for a moment… Is prayer some sort of desperate last resort that we pull from the bottom of our emergency kit when nothing else in our power can be done? Certainly not. That being said, when I hear the words, …
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I Hope You Know … (Featuring Original Music by Shelleen)
On a lunch date with my husband last week, I was startled by bits of a conversation I overheard between two middle-aged women sitting nearby. “I hate this time of year”, one blurted. “I have good reasons for it too…” If she went on to detail those reasons, I didn’t catch them, but I do remember being shocked at the bitterness in her tone as I heard her saying through gritted teeth, “I just have to get through it.” My reaction to that, in part is, I get it. Holidays are suppose to be times of laughter and cheer; time …
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Have You Ever Loved a Wanderer? (Featuring Original Music by Shelleen)
Have you ever loved a wanderer? I have. To say that the toll it takes on your heart is painful is a grotesque understatement. But I beg another question…Have you ever been the wanderer? Admittedly, so have I on that one as well. The lyrics from that old, familiar hymn-Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing come to mind: “Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love…” But did you ever contemplate the second part of that line? – “Prone to leave the God I love.” It implies that the wanderer loves God – yet still …
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When Dreams Take A Detour -Featuring Original Music by Shelleen
I would undoubtedly be classified as an eternal optimist. Born with constellations in my eyes, I tend to only focus on the exciting possibility of any given potential situation, ignoring the pink flags that I’m sure won’t deepen into crimson. No doubt that is why God gave me my husband. Opposites attract. Don’t get me wrong; he is no Eeyore, but he is a realist, whom I affectionately call the tether to this hot air balloon. One of the wonderful attributes to being an eternal optimist is that we are possibility thinkers. I would definitely say that I am an …
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