by Tiffany Nesbitt | Death, Streamroots Posts, Suffering, Surrender
Breaking the Shell Momma, I think she’s dying. My younger daughter had spent the weekend with someone most dear to our family, and I could hear the catch in her voice, carrying across the miles. She can’t get out of bed. Her systems are shutting down. In the...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Contentment, Encouragement, Family, Hope, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts
Handful of Pennies This one is for all those mommas. Those dauntless women who might have a precious little clinger under two and maybe a passel full of other priceless clutchers and hangers-on in various stages. Because sometimes you may feel just a mite smothered...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Freedom, Perfectionism, Performance, Rest, Streamroots Posts
Coming Undone There isn’t a thing the matter with me. At least that’s what I’m being told. My head too often seems to gyrate with the notion that I have to be a different me to be a better me. You know… smarter. More hip. More together. And sometimes, many times,...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Beauty, Busyness, Culture, Missions
Turning the Corner Living here is like waking up. We’ve been in Central America for six weeks now, my family and I, and personally, the transition has been tough. Not because we weren’t called. And not because we weren’t absolutely certain that Costa Rica was the...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Advent, Christmas, Fear, Peace, Streamroots Posts
In Heavenly Peace It was the first Christmas shopping of the season. Eager to embark upon my annual treasure hunt, I grabbed a favorite stack of Christmas CD’s, hopped into our tank of a car and turned the ignition. Without warning a local talk station blared...
