by Doris Swift | Jun 12, 2019 | 2019, bullied, bully, Encouragement for Women, Friends, healing, heart, help, hope, seeing
Did I ever tell you I was bullied by a girl in high school? It was just this one girl and just this one season, but I never forgot it. She wanted to deck me, and rumor has it she may have etched her plans with a sharp object into a desktop in 2nd period English. The...
by Doris Swift | May 10, 2019 | 2019, Encouragement for Women, guest post, healing, Mended, Mother's Day, Mothers and Daughters, relationships, Restoration
A guest post by Blythe Daniel and Dr. Helen McIntosh “You can do this, Mommy, I know you can.” These were words from my (Blythe) seven-year-old daughter as I prepared to go visit my mom who had just started chemotherapy. Through my tears, my daughter helped me pack my...
by Doris Swift | May 6, 2019 | 2019, discipline, Encouragement for Women, health, healthy, Holy Spirit, spiritual discipline, temptation
Food and I have a rocky relationship. But I know deep down, it’s not about the food… I recently participated in a slow-carb diet and you know what? It wasn’t awful. I said no to pizza, bread, cake–all the palate-pleasing lusciousness that...
by Doris Swift | Apr 6, 2019 | 2019, Encouragement for Women, Jesus, miracle, needs
Picture a child’s drawing of the ground and sky. What do you see? I see a ground-cover of green grass and wildflowers, a crooked house towering over smiling stick people with arms straight out. The sun snuggling deep in a corner or perhaps front and center...
by Doris Swift | Mar 22, 2019 | 2019, decisions, direction, Encouragement for Women, faith, God, Prayer, stop, look, listen
When I was about eleven, I remember barreling down Oakwood Terrace on my blue bike. The wind in my hair, it felt daring and exciting—until my sister rode her bike out of our friend’s driveway into my path. Want to hear something funny? Evidently, I remembered it all...
