Author Archives: Sam Kelly

You feel emptied out. Like your life might be over. When was your ugliest time? When it seemed unfair and scary and you had no idea if you'd get through it? For me, when I was going through a divorce....

Star Wars, the Last Jedi, opens this weekend. Are you planning to attend? The actor who plays "Finn" brought his whole family to the premier and in the middle of the TV interview says, "Enough of me, ...

"Those who sow in tears will reap in shouts of joy." Psalm 126:5 We've seen people with their whole lives washed away in the floods this past month. Maybe it wasn't a real flood for you, but you felt ...

Where do you cry? Have you ever needed to cry and you can't find a safe place to do it because you don't want to upset your kids or anyone else? That's Selena's story. She's a single mom with three bo...

Christina doesn't have any memory of her dad except in a prison suit. He went to jail for murder when she was 3. Her mom died when she was 12; but, after her dad came to Christ in prison, he signed Ch...

Three years ago our daughter Zoe had six months of seizures and destructive brain waves. We didn't know if she'd make it out. We didn't know if we would make it out. Our lives froze there for a moment...

I said I'd drive her to school until she's 18, and I just put her on the bus.  I wave goodbye to her little face framed by the bus window.  She looks happy.  Me - not so much.  
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Over the long weekend did you see a family that seemed more connected than yours?  A marriage that looked more romantic?  Kids who were better behaved?   I call it OCD.  O...

It's a crazy game. Zoe on her sleeping bag, me pulling it like a super-powered-mommy turbo engine as we cruise through the living room at top speed. She rides it like a magic carpet. I go fast, so if ...

If you've ever cropped out a double chin in a Facebook picture, you'll know what I'm talking about. I really thought about it when our 3-year-old Zoe started painting. She had a whole table f...