by Suzie Eller | Jun 4, 2020 | Faith, Feelings, More Than Small Talk
Hey friends, I’m not going back! Are you? Crises have a way of teaching us what really matters and what doesn’t. The problem is we learn those lessons and we make a ton of promises, and when “normalcy” comes we stumble right back into the old junk. I don’t want to go...
by Suzie Eller | May 29, 2020 | Faith, Feelings
I had an entirely different post I wanted to share with you, one that was sweet and funny, but then a man was suffocated as he cried out for his mama. . . I’m in tears as I write this. Some of you will be tempted to delete this post by that first line alone. I...
by Suzie Eller | May 22, 2020 | Faith, Family, Feelings, More Than Small Talk
When a crisis hits, it can knock us down. We don’t know what to expect. Our “normal” has been stripped away. But if we look back at any crisis, somehow good can come from it. I don’t know about you, but that’s been my prayer lately. Lord, show me the good that can...
by Suzie Eller | Apr 30, 2020 | Faith, Feelings, More Than Small Talk
I’m a half-cup full girl. I almost always (like every single time) reach for the silver lining. There’s so much good in that, but the downside to eternal optimism is that sometimes a person just needs space to say she’s sad. She needs to work through those...
by Suzie Eller | Apr 2, 2020 | Faith, Feelings, Living free together, More Than Small Talk
One day I sat in the CCU near Richard’s bed. The machines whirring. Fluid from his chest going into a large glass container near his bed. I was exhausted. Earlier that week I found out I had cancer again. Three days later he had a massive heart attack. I was...
by Suzie Eller | Mar 30, 2020 | Faith, Feelings
Hey friend, can we talk? Just you and me, sitting across from each other. Our hot steaming cups between us. Jesus asked us to love one another. In fact, he took it a step further. He asked us to love each other the way he loved us. In a faith that talks about love in...