Yes, you read that right. Putting God first can sometimes, if not most of the time, be an absolute inconvenience. We, as a culture, are narcissistic people. We have followers on social media feeding into the idea that our life is all about us. We check our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snap Chat, or whatever else to see how many shares, likes, views, and...

Showing favoritism not only affects the least favorite child, it negatively affects all who are willingly or unwillingly involved. Every child wants to be the favorite until they are treated as the favorite. Parents, teachers, and any other authority figure showing favoritism are not only hurting the least favorite person, but they are also hurting the favorite person and themselves. Unfortunately, I have...

As many of you already know, a little over a month ago, my parents filed a missing person’s report on my brother, Blake Smith, when my dad checked our family tracking app and realized that Blake did not make it to his dorm that rainy Saturday night. My parents, my husband, two aunts, two uncles, three cousins, and I made the drive from Birmingham,...