by Suzie Eller | Jun 18, 2020 | Faith, Family, Feelings, More Than Small Talk
Conflict feels hard on the best of days, but perhaps the hardest moment is when you are waiting for someone to respond to you. What will they do? Will they lash out? Will they leave you standing all alone? Will they reject you? Will this conflict be so divisive that...
by Suzie Eller | Jun 8, 2020 | Faith, Feelings, Living free together, More Than Small Talk
Maybe you don’t know what to say right now. You want to speak up, but are afraid it will come out all wrong. You hear so many opinions that it’s hard to know what to do. You are not alone, friend. You are not the only one struggling. As believers, our only example is...
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...