hey sole sister, I’ve been processing a lot lately. I’m a woman so… obviously. I feel something bubbling up inside me and I want to share it with you. Each year, on my birthday, I pick a new word. I started when I was 25 and was facing graduation from graduate school, the associated unemployment that comes with carrying two degrees (anyone else been there? Just me? Ok cool), and what I foresaw in my future. I chose the word brave. And God threw me into the deep end of bravery

Meet Anne Rooks (or as my friends and I like to call her - Grandma Anne)! This Sole Sister has been impacting the Wilmington community for over 60 years through her tremendous faith, her commitment to the next generation, and her loving family. I have the privilege of calling this beautiful woman of God my Grandmother… and my roomie! It’s hard to put all that she means to me and everyone in this community into just one blog post, so I am going to do my best to at least scratc

hey, sole sister: I’ve been thinking a lot about you lately. Are you doing well? Are you fed? Spiritually, emotionally, physically? Here’s what I feel God is teaching me about time with him. It’s not productive. Now before you go off on me on all the things that get “produced” through time in the Word, prayer time, quiet time, devo time (whatever it’s called these days), hear me out. I don’t typically “work from home.” I work at a university, so when the adult kiddos are on w