Darla,
I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply, but I’ve held your comments in my heart through the days since you wrote them. I don’t think you sound stalker-like at all. It means a lot to hear from someone as brave and authentic as you. Thank you for being so honest about your struggles. I know you aren’t the only one who deals with severe anxiety and feeling alone. You never know who might be encouraged just by reading the words you’ve written here. Even as you write that you’ve been encouraged by my email words, your words might touch someone else.

Thank you also for what you wrote about God knowing who my stories and words are intended for. I was thinking this morning about how hard it is to keep writing without knowing there’s someone on the other side of that conversation. I’m grateful that my favorite writers kept on writing even though they never knew how much their words meant to me.

I’m so glad He connected me to you. So, glad he has blessed each of us with the other!

(And you deleted about 100 subscriptions about a week before this post? That’s amazing timing, indeed!)

Thank you, Kathy! I’m glad I’m not alone in that : )

Debbie, you have such a wonderful way of coming alongside me in camaraderie! I love our ongoing conversation connecting us in the little (and big) details of life over the years. I didn’t mind your typos at all! I’m just glad you took the time to write.

And I hope you don’t mind that I did some unasked for editing (I just applied the changes you mentioned in your P.S. and made both P.S. and mistakes disappear). Now, your comment shows up here as nicely as you show up in your real life in the lives of the people who love you (like me!).

I appreciate when people let me know about my misspellings and such, so I can get to correcting. When it comes to those little edits, I can’t seem to help myself. Just ask my mom. She can tell you I corrected her punctuation on some of the notes and letters she wrote to me at Kids Kamp!

Jody,
I always enjoy your emails. They make me think ..and your timing .is always right on. Just last week I sat down at my laptop and went thru and deleted about 100 subscriptions for things I don’t even remember signing up for. I also unsubscribed from most of them. I did not however take the time to explain unless a pop up came up but then I was brief and I guess I should have been more careful in my reply. I forget there’s people and feelings attached to each email sent and each story posted.
I enjoy your emails I look forward to them I need them…now I know it sounds stalker like but hear me out..I do not have any friends left in this town right now..my anxiety will not let me go to church or many other places for that matter..I worship..work and socialize from home, I very rarely venture outside these walls. Your emails remind me there are others who share my thoughts, struggles and who praise and worship in different ways. I feel the connection of the spirit when I read your emails it just settles over my soul and reminds me I am not alone in my thoughts and struggles. Jody please keep up your mission God knows who it is intended for he knows who your stories are supposed to reach and the reason for them, he knows whose heart you may shed light into whose soul needs to hear your words. I being one of these people. I know God brought us together at our reunion for you to be the fellowship I need right now.
God bless you in all you do!

Aw, thank you, Heather! I love you, too, dear sister : )