SECOND CHANCES
My son was supposed to be dead, but he's not. My life was supposed to have ended, but it didn't. My marriage was supposed to be over but...
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Word of hope and encouragement from the pouring out of my whole heart (broken and desperate though it is) to my Father God.
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Callie Daruk
- 2 min
FOR THE RECORD
I often notice and secretly envy those who seem to have it all together all the time. You know who I'm talking about. For starters,...
Callie Daruk
- 1 min
A HEART FOR HUGS
"Mr. & Mrs. Daruk, you need to prepare yourselves. Isaiah went far too long without oxygen to his brain. He WILL suffer brain damage as a...
Callie Daruk
- 1 min
BROKEN
"Mommy, he sobbed, it's broken. My favorite toy is broken!" Toy pieces took turns falling out of his hands as he attempted to bring them...
Callie Daruk
- 2 min
THE PERPETUAL DO-OVER
How often I have longed for do-overs at various points in my life. I can close my eyes and think of several instances. No matter how bad...
Callie Daruk
- 2 min
THE BLANK CANVAS
Have you noticed that God often gifts us with truths wrapped in packages that we can intimately understand? He did the same with his...
Callie Daruk
- 2 min
DEAFENING SILENCE
As I sit to write the house is quiet. The boys are at school and my husband is at work. The only sound I hear is of an occasional...
Callie Daruk
- 3 min
WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP
Where do you find yourself along life's journey? Are you in a valley where darkness surrounds you on all sides? Are you on the mountain...
Callie Daruk
- 4 min
TIME
Looking out the window I smile as the snow gently covers the beautiful pine trees that line my backyard. I smile because of its radiance...
Callie Daruk
- 4 min
EROSION
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you ever found yourself careening down a trail of...
Callie Daruk
- 2 min
LEAVING A LEGACY
I write this entry not long after laying my precious grandmother to rest. My heart is full of mixed emotions and I am unsure from moment...
Callie Daruk
- 2 min
JOURNEY'S END
Reflections from the day my precious Grandmother went home. Today began like any other non-eventful day although it certainly did not end...
Callie Daruk
- 2 min
THE END OF A THING
Have you ever gotten down to the very last bite of your favorite candy bar, the last spoonful of the ice cream you love or the final sip...
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