I was raising my own worst nightmare. Smack dab in the middle of my brood of five kids, was a charismatic, sassy, leggy, blonde, dance-y, athletic girl oozing confidence...
It's been 14 years since smash Blockbuster "The Blind Side" made its debut in theaters. This week, former NFL star Michael Oher, whose real life story the movie is based on says it's all a lie.
Millions around the world saw the victorious photo of Spain's 29-year-old soccer star, Olga Carmona, celebrating with her jersey in her teeth after she scored the winning (and only!) goal in the World Cup Finals against Australia Sunday. She didn't know at the time that her own father had passed away during the winning match.
"I was the last person he saw in the ER. He told me he trusted us to get him to the other side. He will be my silent warrior and guide until the day I hang up my stethoscope."
Greg Laurie and his church made headlines last week after President Donald Trump sent a tweet encouraging people to stream Laurie’s Palm Sunday service.
"That mom upset about the playground closing? That was the 30-minute break in her daily schedule she looked forward to most. That 30 minutes reenergized her for the next 4 hours. Now she doesn’t know how she will make it through the day. So be gentle. Your colleague that keeps sharing memes; making light of the situation? They are taking it seriously. They are scared. They are grounding themselves through humor, the only way they know how. So be gentle."
So now, while he’s growing safely inside of me I will try and make the choice to be fearless. I will work to choose my faith first—even when it seems unnatural to do so.
“Today, my husband had to sit in the hallway and listen through speakerphone to hear that our baby went to be with Jesus and their big sister. We didn’t get to grieve together, we couldn’t even hug and tell each other it would be okay or that we would survive this."
