Webster defines masterpiece as “a person’s greatest piece of work done with extraordinary skill, a consummate example of excellence.” Each woman who walks through the door at Restoration Place is considered to be a masterpiece. She may be broken by issues such as depression, abuse, or addiction. She may feel as if her life is a mess. But through the affordable and professional counseling offered at Restoration Place, she has the opportunity to discover that she is indeed a masterpiece made in God’s image. To celebrate and build on the work being accomplished at Restoration Place, we will host an… read more

Without a doubt, it is a season of abundant blessings for this girl and the ministry she’s been entrusted with. Driving back from Research Triangle Park this evening–after a full day at GlaxoSmithKline where I proudly accepted the 2012 IMPACT Award (AND a $40,000 check!!) on behalf of Restoration Place–all I could think to say to the Lord was “You. Are. So. Good.” I was taken back in my mind to December 2004, the “eve” of my last semester in graduate school. I had just been told by a very dear friend that she and her husband had decided to… read more

I just returned from my Thursday morning Bible Study Fellowship class. This year we are studying Genesis, one of my favorite books in the Bible. Something from today’s lecture, by teaching leader Susie Guhne, was very interesting to me. I feel as if I’m being invited to ponder it more deeply, and since I focus more easily through the written word, I figured I might just kill two birds with one stone and turn my pondering into blogging. The lecture focused on only two verses–verses 1-2 of chapter 1. Seems like not much meat for a full lecture, but trust me,… read more

Exactly seven years ago today, the worst natural disaster to visit American soil roared her way through my home state. And today, as another hurricane has made landfall on the coast of Louisiana, there are reports of more broken levees and trapped residents in a rural parish south of New Orleans. It is estimated that Isaac could actually dump more rain over parts of Louisiana and Mississippi than his big sister Katrina did. As I’ve read the news reports today I’m reminded how, as the world slowly became aware of the real-life nightmare occurring in New Orleans on August 29,… read more

Today has been “one of those days”… a day that I’ve been allowing the anxiety to win, living in a place of “impending doom”, worrying about a situation that I really have absolutely no control over. You know, one of those days when you might think, “I thought I was PAST this kind of living!!” And then I opened an envelope that contained a Satisfaction Survey that a client completed earlier today. Being the “boss” (and I use that term lightly!), I have the privilege of reading each survey that is submitted. In response to several of the survey questions, she… read more