Something I’ve been thinking about is my website. It doesn’t take a lot of time or effort to maintain but there is an expense for hosting. After watching many people I know (and deeply respect) make the switch themselves, I decided it was time to investigate for myself. I am certain the reasons others have made the switch to Substack are as varied as the people themselves. My reasons for making the switch to Substack are not complicated.
As we approach the end of 2024, I’m excited to share some of the highlights from the second half of this eventful year. Despite intentionally stepping back from writing during the latter half of the year, there have been several joyous occasions and significant changes in our family’s life that I’d like to celebrate with you.
Cancer is a name that carries an unthinkable weight, a name we’d all prefer not to know. But it’s a name that has seeped into our lives, our families, our friendships, and our churches. It is an illness that does not discriminate, tearing through the very fabric of human life, spreading fear, pain, and uncertainty. I hate cancer, not out of bitterness or rebellion against God, but because it causes such profound suffering to those I hold dear.
Friends that are closer to me know of the joy I get from blogging. Over the years since launching my…
I’ve started to write this and stopped…and started again and stopped…oh, let’s just say more times than I want to admit. I knew the first year would be challenging, but I had nothing to compare it to and, if I’m being honest, didn’t really know how to ask someone else about it. You know, how do ask someone, “tell me how you dealt with that first year after one of your parents died?”