Keep Going and Growing

Continuing to learn and reflect through all seasons of life….

  • About the author

    Hi. My name is Becky. I have Midwest roots and moved to Florida with my family in 2007. I have done bookkeeping most of my life, as I love to try to make sense of things and bring some sense of routine to this ever-changing life of mine. My two boys are now adults, and Read more

  • What love is and what it isn’t

    When I got married 25 years ago, I had so many expectations (that then collided with reality). As my oldest son is about to get married I’ve been reflecting on much, including one of the verses surrounding my wedding to Ted: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. To this day, after making a lifelong covenant with my love, Read more

  • Popping bubbles

    It’s been a stressful 10 days due to me saying yes to watching a friend’s dog in my home. My little dog has been injured twice accidentally by this dog while they were consensually playing, which has led to the need to keep them separated at all times (and lots of whining). So this stress Read more

  • i had faith, but not a relationship

    I truly can’t remember a day in my life when I didn’t believe in God and Jesus. From a very young age I accepted and loved them both. But it wasn’t until I was 36 years old when so much of my life was not going well (including my marriage) that I realized that God Read more

  • Full speed ahead

    I recently was at a hotel and when going to the gym one morning, there was a guy I noticed hop on a treadmill that took off running at a rapid pace. No warm-up whatsoever. In that moment, I thought of how often I’ve been guilty of doing that with a thought or idea. I Read more

  • Post-Mission Trip

    I just spent a week in Costa Rica on a mission trip. One of the best weeks of my life. This is my fourth mission trip and I remember when I first started considering going on one but then paused when I found out the average cost. What I didn’t understand then was all the Read more

  • A life well lived..

    Although a bit different than my usual posts, I wanted to share the speech I gave at my grandma’s celebration of life yesterday. She was such a wise women. She filled so many gaps in my life. I hope you can glean at least one take away Grandma gave me a vivid example of God’s Read more

  • Busy Season

    I took an intentional blog pause as I took an eight week online class at Liberty University which involved a lot of writing and editing. Much has happened since my last blog, including the passing of two (older) relatives. One of them was my grandma who was one of the healthiest adults I had in Read more

  • controlling the little i can

    Hurricane Milton is expected to hit my area today/overnight, and unfortunately we are directly in the projected eye of the storm. I’ve lived in FL for about 17 years, and this is the first storm coming to us directly formed in the Gulf of Mexico. My home is up to code and I’m not in Read more

  • Calm or turbulent seas

    Optional journal prompt: Is there something choppy in your life today? What would it look like to choose calm over choppy?   Read more