As America prepares to celebrate our 250th birthday, we rejoice in all that this country has provided; for better or for worse. We are blessed to live in a nation where we have the freedom to agree to disagree, to express our thoughts, practice our faith, pursue our chosen lifestyle, and build our livelihoods. Yet as I reflect on freedom, I also think about a deeper kind of freedom. True freedom is found in personal growth and transformation. It comes through the courage to c

Before that day, my role was clear. I was a stay-at-home mom managing the daily operations of our family life; school drop-offs, doctor appointments, practices, tournaments, lunches, laundry, schedules, and all the invisible details that keep a household running. I also worked part-time at a small Christian school. Life moved between baseball fields, volleyball gyms, and school activities. It was busy, ordinary, and steady. Then one day, everything changed. My husband went fo