I wanted to share this with all of you….


Just one of the amazing stories that my new friend Tricia shared with me.


I look forward to her messages and hearing these inspiring stories that are touching my life.


I want to share them with you all and let you be touched by them as well. 


Tricia is out there in this devastated area being the hands and feet of God and is inspiring me more than she could ever know. 


I pray you all have a blessed Mother’s Day and take some time to reflect on what Motherhood means to you, even if you are not a Momma. 😉 


Here is our conversation…




Tricia, 

I am going to presume that it will be okay for me to post this on my blog?


I am sitting in silence at 1:26 in the morning in my kitchen while I listen to my 5 month old son stir around in his bed through the baby monitor. I keep staring at the items collected {most from my own rooms} and I pray that it will be enough to make a small difference to someone. As I read your words I am reassured that it is not about the things that we are bringing but the people and the connections we all share and will continue to share from this point on. I am beginning to think that it is not their lives that have changed the most but the lives of us that are watching and listening to their stories. 

Even though I have not even met you yet, I love you my sister and can not wait to hear more of your stories and the stories of those you are sharing this new and unusual journey with. 

May the Lord continue to use you and be with your every step and breathe. 

Happy Mother’s Day my new friend.

Ok,, I’m going to share this.. today, we are in Phil Campbell, its rained twice since her home was destroyed. Emily walks across the railroad tracks and finds a Football Card Photo of her son Justice that’s a few years old. It was laying on top of a page from a hymnal,,, the song is Faith of our Mothers,, I just googled the song to see if I could find the words.. and it was written in 1920, and is a favorite ,,,, get this… MOTHERS DAY SONG!!!! UNREAL!!!! She survived and had her son in her arms in the Expedition I will post a picture of..She was laying on top of him as they went air born and higher than the utility poles before it started flipping.. . and a picture of what is left of her home where they were a few seconds before the tornado hit it.. the words to the song below..

Faith Of Our Mothers

Faith of our mothers, living still

In cradle song and bedtime prayer;

In nursery lore and fireside love,

Thy presence still pervades the air:

Faith of our mothers, living faith!

We will be true to thee to death.

Faith of our mothers, loving faith,

Fount of our childhood’s trust and grace,

Oh, may thy consecration prove

Source of a finer, nobler race:

Faith of our mothers, loving faith,

We will be true to thee till death.

Faith of our mothers, guiding faith,

For youthful longing, youthful doubt,

How blurred our vision, blind our way,

Thy providential care without:

Faith of our mothers, guiding faith,

We will be true to thee till death.

Faith of our mothers, Christian faith,

Is truth beyond our stumbling creeds,

Still serve the home and save the Church,

And breathe thy spirit through our deeds:

Faith of our mothers, Christian faith!

We will be true to thee till death.