by Valerie Murray | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Faith |
My alarm jolts me at 5:00 a.m. I pat my nightstand to find my glasses and make my daily trek downstairs for that essential first cup of coffee. I walk my puppy to the backyard and stand on the dewy grass while I wait. It’s dark outside. I look up into the...
by Valerie Murray | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog, Faith, Family |
Do you have an anxious heart? Have you ever woken up with a heavy heart? Sometimes I wake up and the thought of getting through the day feels like drudgery. I feel burdened and I don’t even know why. This verse encouraged me and I knew I wanted to share it with...
by Valerie Murray | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Faith |
It’s a heavy weight that bears upon your soul and mind. It whispers defeat and urges you to give up. What once was an exciting pursuit of a dream or goal that inspired you, is now a big question mark. It causes you to look around at what others are doing...
by Valerie Murray | Oct 3, 2015 | Blog, Family, Poems and Prayers |
Are you busy and stressed? It’s garbage day. Our garbage is overflowing with bags that don’t fit in the cans. That’s how life feels for me. Things are piling up—the laundry, the emails, the errands. And my to-do list just gets longer, even though I’m...
by Valerie Murray | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Faith |
Grief was like a dark cloud, suffocating the room with its anesthetic, crippling the mind of making sense of this new reality. Some of us were weeping and some stood in shock as the body of my husband’s dear mom—my mother-in-law—lay lifeless on the floor, her...
by Valerie Murray | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog, Poems and Prayers |
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by Valerie Murray | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
“You start kindergarten next week. What will I do Meghan? I just might cry,” I told her as we snuggled and I stared into those deep sea blue eyes. She cupped my face in her sticky little hands and told me she would miss me too because “I like being with my...
by Valerie Murray | Aug 29, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
It was late and the house was the same mess we left it in. Funny how that works. I didn’t feel like being a drill sergeant in order to get everyone to pick up their own mess and I don’t like to go to bed with the house in disarray, so I decided to tidy it up...
by Valerie Murray | Aug 22, 2015 | Blog, Marriage |
I knew I was falling in love with my husband on one of our first dates. We went to a wedding together. I discovered that he had a lot of friends and a sense of humor that made everyone laugh. We held hands and walked along a moonlit path as we got to know each...
by Valerie Murray | Aug 15, 2015 | Blog, Parenting |
We parent our children and wrestle with the dichotomy of time. In the daily tasks of mothering 4 small children, sometimes time stands still. It feels like the movie Groundhog Day; the same thing happens every single day. The alarm rings and we rush kids to get ready...
Hello there! I'm Valerie, a mom of four and wife of 27 years. My writing inspires others to cultivate courageous faith and find solace in trusting God, especially in moments of fear and uncertainty. Join me on this adventure as we explore the beauty of trusting God when we are afraid. 
