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Leaving or Staying. She sat across from me and said these words: “My family knows how to leave, but we don’t know how to stay. This time, I’m staying.” She made a conscious choice to stay instead of running. Although she didn’t really know how to stay, she was bent on learning – and she…
Navigating Turbulent Waters When Your Child’s Safe Place Becomes Shaken. Moving with kids can be stressful for parents. It can also be stressful for kids. Home should be a safe place for children. So should family. But when the place a child calls home changes, insecurities and adjustments are prevalent. When the waters are smooth,…
When God says “Go.” Learning to leave is not easy when we really want to stay. I suppose it wasn’t easy for Sarah when God told Abraham, “Get you out of this place and move to the land I will show you.” That would have been hard for me, I know. As nurturers and nesters,…
It’s not easy – this leaving. Whether you’ve moved because of a job, a marriage, or any other reason, leaving means parting with what is familiar. We’re comfortable with the familiar. Whether it’s our friends, our community, our grocery store or the back roads, we know our way around and we belong. Folks recognize us…
This article first appeared in Daughters of Promise magazine, January/February 2015. If you are interested in more information about this Anabaptist magazine for women, you can contact DOP online here. After weeks of packing without knowing where we were moving, we were almost there. Just a few more miles to our new home,but I was still…
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