Devotions of a High Heeled Warrior

"I'm just going to find a chair and sit down."  That was the comment my husband made as I took my daughters shopping this weekend.  As we walked by his resting place, I noticed the glazed look in his eyes.  When he noticed I was watching, he would smile brightly and say, "take your time.  I'm great!"  Like a game of Survivor, we outlasted my husband.  He took his little shopping bag and drove home in defeat as we continued our quest.  However, as I entered the hallowed halls of Hobby Lobby, I soon found that I would not be the winner of the shopping edition of Survivor.  I think I walked the aisles four times.  I rolled on essential oils from tester tubes, sniffed candles, and admired pictures of Jesus until I felt I would meet Him soon if we remained much longer in the store.  All the while my girls were no where to be seen.  I started to worry those crazy mom thoughts, "What if someone kidnapped them!"  Finally logic won, a...

One of the most iconic movie lines ever quoted in the history of motherhood has to be, "You'll shoot your eye out!"  That line from A Christmas Story made even more sense as I watched my teenage son preparing to put on an impromptu Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in my back yard.   Every worst case scenario paraded through my thoughts as my danger detector went on high alert.  I believe the infamous phrase even crept out of my mouth before I could stop it. This brings me to the current event that swept our nation today.  A solar eclipse sent our nation into a frenzy of expensive hotel reservations, pricey rental cars, and back yard tent rentals.  The nation gathered together to view a rare natural wonder.  Only one restriction was given.  Do not look directly at the sun!  As a shadow fell across our landscape, grown adults with perfectly rational minds felt the pull toward temptation.  What would one tiny glimpse hurt?  It made me think...

Picture this.  A woman dressed immaculately in designer clothes.  Not a hair is out of place.  Her walk and talk exudes confidence.  Heads turn as she walks past, while women dream of being just like her.  This is what most women picture when they think of a woman who has got it together.  Our society has become so air-brushed and manipulated that even reality television is  not reality.  I have felt challenged by God to step forward in a world that tells each woman what she should be and how she should look and say, "The only pattern we should be cut from is God's."  As you can see, I have many hairs out of place.  I am the proud parent a small herd of teenagers that challenge me every single day.  I have been known to take off to work in such a hurry that I didn't notice my pants' zipper was not zipping.  (BTW: tip- spray the zipper with hair spray once zipped up to hold it in place or run a rubber band through the hole...