by Julie Lefebure | Jun 17, 2015 | Love God, personal journey
Grace is a must for real life. I shared real life in my previous post regarding a personal moment on the bathroom scale. I had two choices to make that night. I could either tear myself apart with destructive self-talk, or I could “draw a line in the...
by Julie Lefebure | Jun 11, 2015 | Love God
Sometimes seeing is believing. It’s easy to believe what we can see. Like rain, sun, the miracle of a newborn baby. Test results, disasters, death. A paycheck, a friend, a hug of acceptance. Yet, sometimes believing has nothing to do with sight. I can’t...
by Julie Lefebure | Jun 8, 2015 | Love God, This Lefe Family
“This can’t be the end.” Those words flashed through my mind as our soccer team humbly walked toward us with the participation trophy in hand. My eyes locked on our son, and my buried emotions matched his tears. Except for some reason, none of my...
by Julie Lefebure | Jun 4, 2015 | Love God, personal journey
It’s been quite the race. A beautiful, sentimental, amazing, never-to-forget race. I did all I could to slow it down, but this race to our son’s high school graduation happened at lightning speed. And as we prepared for “the lasts” of high...
by Julie Lefebure | May 9, 2015 | Love God, Parenting
Listening to my favorite radio station as I ran errands yesterday afternoon, I couldn’t believe what the announcer voiced over the airways. “Mother’s Day is a terrible holiday.” What??!! I listened as he shared how Mother’s Day can be a...
by Julie Lefebure | Apr 30, 2015 | Love God
I’ve given my son, who’s a high school senior, some encouraging advice lately. “Don’t look at all you have to do. Just do the next thing.” “Trust God in your disappointments, and recount your blessings.” “Nothing happens...