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Why We Need Hope and Cheer
When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. -Psalm 94:19 I return to this over and over -- We need each other. Life is better when we share it with people. We learn how to love, how to forgive, how to walk through the expected and...
Breaking Through Barriers: Letting Go of Expectations
Thirty. It wasn't about the number. It was what the number represented and how everything came to the surface as a day of celebration approached. I didn't want to turn 30. I was a mess on the inside. That birthday reminded me I was not where I wanted to be. I had...
Expect to Be Surprised
There's a funny thing about expectations. We don't always know which ones to hold onto and which ones we need to lay down. Even in the past week I have seen how God wants me to let go of expectations and open my eyes to see what He is doing. It's often not what we...
Breaking Through Barriers: Simple Dreams, part two
What does it feel like... To rise from the bed and stretch without someone lifting your body or moving your arms for you... To open the front door and go for a run or bike ride with thoughts of no one else... To hop in your car and go somewhere by yourself for hours...
On Growing Up
Ten years ago I moved. From one small town to another. From a place I called home for 4 years to the place that is my home once again. Ten years ago I woke up in a dorm. It was my favorite one on campus and the building is no more. They knocked it down a year or so...
Breaking Through Barriers: Simple Dreams, part one
Facing my limits isn't something new for me. However, life with a physical disability looks and feels different as an adult in a way. I'm not hopping on a school bus every day. I'm not interacting with many of the same people I knew in childhood. I'm no longer living...
A Lesson I Would Miss
I have to be honest. I almost missed writing this post today. I'm tired. I'm low on energy. I'm wishing for the sunshine to come back and stay for days. I don't do well with endless clouds and rain. But I saw a glimpse of the sun this afternoon. I didn't miss it. A...
Breaking Through Barriers: Facing My Limits
It's not always easy to face our limits. To know how weak we are or how much we need others. Whatever the reason, limits exist. Eventually we have to face the limits in our lives in order to understand them. Hopefully we can find a way around our limits. This isn't...
Before the Moment Passes By
I watched our kids playing duck duck goose outside and running around. I couldn't fully participate, but I held things for people. One boy gave me his toy to keep safe. But part of me wanted to do more than smile, laugh, and cheer on everyone else. I wanted to jump in...
Breaking Through Barriers: How I Feel Limited
Last week we started this series by asking and answering the question: "What is normal?" My normal is this -- I am limited. And I need help. All the time. The list is rather long if I were to name everything, but here is a sampling of tasks I can't do on my own: get...
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