by Tammie Fickas | Jun 6, 2023 | Faith, Journey, Your Story
“Duck, duck, duck…” Her back rigid, the little blond girl stared straight ahead, lips stretched thin. Each time It came near, her eyes shone with hope. Each time the tap came with a duck, her head dropped a little further. Would she ever get to be goose? Do you...
by Tammie Fickas | Apr 25, 2023 | Faith, Living the Life You're Given, Your Story
What do you do? This everyday small talk starter is a loaded question. Names and what we call ourselves are important. Typically when it’s asked, people want to know what job you hold to pay your mortgage. Your job title has probably rolled off your tongue many times...
by Tammie Fickas | Apr 18, 2023 | Faith, Journey, Living the Life You're Given
Sometimes things don’t turn out the way we plan. That’s okay because our life doesn’t have to make sense. We all have dreams and ideas about what our lives should be, but what does it mean when things seemingly go off the rails? In the early...
by Tammie Fickas | Apr 11, 2023 | Faith, Journey, Your Story
We all need a safe place. That doesn’t mean a physical location, although it can. People need to have people to whom they can open up to about things that affect them. A place where they can share and be known without judgment. A feral cat showed up in the yard...
by Tammie Fickas | Jun 18, 2019 | Faith, Journey, Living the Life You're Given
Do you ever wonder how God decides which prayers to answer? You know, when you’ve poured out your heart to Him. Your prayers are for good things that line up with scripture. There’s really no reason God shouldn’t give you what you ask. No earthly, human reason anyway....
by Tammie Fickas | Jun 11, 2019 | Christ's Love, Faith
Once there was a girl who had been hurt by one… two… a lot of people. She tried to grow a shell, thick as a turtle’s, to keep out the hurt, but the hurt lived with her inside the shell. The hurt mocked and taunted her, and she searched for ways to drown it out. She...
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