Healing a Burned Soul

Shalom… and welcome. It has been over 100 posts since I welcomed people so I wanted to jump back. Not just to words on a page, but to something I believe the Lord Himself has breathed into existence. Before anything else is said, let this be clear—this space, these words, this story… none of it belongs to me. Every ounce of it is the Lord’s. Every piece of healing, every moment of endurance, every breath that carried me here is a testimony of His mercy, not my strength. For y

When my pastor, mentor, and—most importantly—friend visited me the other day, she told me something that stuck with me. She said, “My goal when I was in the hospital was to be the favorite patient. To be the patient every nurse wanted to get.” And honestly, my goal has always been something similar. When I’m hospitalized, my goal has always been to bring joy and peace to the nurses and staff caring for me. And, in turn, that often does make you a favorite patient. But it isn’

Today would have been my Great-Grandfather Lester Peck’s 100th birthday. A hundred years is a long time to measure a life, but somehow, when I think of Grandfather, that number feels far too small. Some people leave behind photographs, possessions, and stories. Others leave something harder to name—a piece of themselves woven into the people who come after them. Grandfather left that kind of legacy. We were never especially close in distance, nor perhaps in relationship, but