by Michelle Ruddell | devotional
“I married him twice.” The revelation of this shocking detail results in some interesting looks on the faces of those who hear it. Efforts to keep their jaws from dropping and their eyebrows from raising contort their countenances into some...
by Michelle Ruddell | Matthew stories
I miss this face. This little boy would be thirty-two years old today. It’s been too long since I’ve seen him. It’s been too long since I’ve seen that smile or heard that laugh. I wonder what grown-up Matthew would be like? I’m pretty...
by Michelle Ruddell | devotional
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NIV This was the first verse in a new scripture reading/writing plan I started on January 1. The first three words stuck in my head for several days. New Year’s Day gets all the...
by Michelle Ruddell | devotional
“I never knew you were a single mom,” a woman told me as we walked across the church parking lot after a youth activity our teenagers were involved in. I considered her statement a compliment. Her words implied to me that our family appeared normal....
by Michelle Ruddell | Matthew stories
Always Wear Your Seatbelt “You don’t remember me, do you?” The woman in the driver’s seat seemed to think I knew her. I glanced down at the form on my clipboard, hoping her name would jog my memory. At no time while I was administering her driving test had she seemed...
