Author: Salt For The Soul

Names are funny. We can use them to live in an identity that was given to us, create an identity we want to live in instead, or to remind us of who we truly are.

It was September 2018 when Jon and I came to a big decision… Things had gotten pretty bad between us, and we were both done. It was a calm decision, not one that came from arguing, but from a feeling of complete defeat.  When we married—although we were both Christians—we…

And I thought of Zach…

I thought of how much it meant to me that I got to experience being at General Conference for the first time with my brother and my parents all those years ago.

“Uggghhhh,” I groaned, irritated at the obnoxious ringtone I had yet to change. I grudgingly picked up my cell phone and peeked at the screen to see who it was. “Nope,” I muttered, pushing aside a sliver of guilt for rejecting her call. I loved Mom, we talked all the…

“Well, it’s what we thought. Your blood results confirmed you have Chronic Myeloid Leukemia…” The chubby hematologist with the world’s worst bedside manner continued rambling on with facts and figures, but I couldn’t hear anything more after ‘leukemia’. I stared at my beautiful four month old daughter, Alaura. Her adorable,…

It was mid July of 2017 when I drove under the archway of Camp Shawnee with a van full of teenage girls. We were giddy with excitement and ready to take on the next three days of Girls’ Camp together. I had been called to be a leader over them,…

I wanted to turn around to see where the danger was coming from, but at the same time, I didn’t. Every single fiber of my being told me if I did, a zombie was going to be right behind me, ready to attack.

Have you ever been to the Salt Flats in Utah? The drive sucks, but if you actually take the time to stop and get out, the view is pretty amazing.