by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 3, 2023 | (in)courage, Devotional, Faith, Faithful, Grief
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. There are mornings (ahem, months) I can barely bring myself to look at the news, at social media, at updates coming in from around the world. Chaos and disaster, suffering and disease, confusion...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jun 22, 2023 | (in)courage, Beauty, Brave, Devotional, Faith, Grief
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. Keep a straight face, I thought to myself. Everything was already in place. The date was marked on a dozen calendars. The cards were signed, the gifts wrapped, the decorations purchased and...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 28, 2023 | Devotional, Easter, Even If Not, Faith, Grief, Story
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. Easter has passed and I’m still waiting for resurrection. Hoping for, begging for, watching for signs of life. Straining my eyes for beauty in the ashes, listening intently for a whisper in the...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 24, 2023 | Brave, Faith, Fear, Grief, Guest, Joy
No pun intended, but it’s a delight to welcome Nicole Zasowski, author of What If It’s Wonderful?, to share here today. I underlined so. much. of her book and think it’ll be an encouragement to you, too, if hope or joy feel a little risky. What If It’s Wonderful?...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 13, 2023 | Broken and Raw, Devotional, Easter, Faith, Grief, Story
A couple walks arm in arm, runners sprint past, and grown men whiz by on bikes. A little boy cries crocodile tears as he tries to maneuver the trike with training wheels. The trail is full today, but so are the ditches on either side. A week of gray skies and pounding...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jan 23, 2023 | Devotional, Even If Not, Faith, Fear, friendship, Grief
I was about to walk into a birthday party when my phone buzzed. After several months of waiting for appointments and tests, the results were finally here and the diagnosis was clear: cancer. Again. Actually, again again. Cancer keeps weaving its way back into our...