Lori Florida

Head over to the Project Hopeful website to see my latest guest post about our recent trip to visit the Hope+Sisterhood.  If you are looking for a great place to make Christmas or end of the year donations, there are many opportunities to give direct help to the women in the Sisterhood program. Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

I've been home from Ethiopia for a week but there is still so much to tell about what happened there!  The internet service at our guest house was really spotty so there were two posts that we were able to put up while we were there that I was never able to link to here.  A new post will be coming soon so I wanted to make sure you caught these two before you read the next one! If you haven't already, catch up on these posts at the Project Hopful website  here  and  here , and watch for a new one coming soon!!! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

It's his birthday, a day when we should be together.  But instead I'm missing him while I'm off on an adventure.  I love him so much.....that he's the kind of guy to send me off to Ethiopia on his birthday is just one of the millions of reasons. Happy Birthday Scott!!  I love you!! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

I'm writing for Project Hopeful again today.  We've been very busy in Ethiopia meeting some incredible people!  Please join us! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

I'm with my sister and two new friends in Ethiopia right now blogging for Project Hopeful.  There are things happening here that you don't want to miss!  Hop on over the Project Hopeful blog and read all about it!! Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Remember back in elementary school when you would meet your girlfriends under the slide during recess and talk about your "club?"  The very best of these moments involved groups of nice girls who laughed and talked together while beckoning for other girls running by to join them. I'm part of a club like that and I don't want you to miss it!  The Glorious Table  is a place where life is shared and grace is poured out.  You will meet some new friends there who will encourage you right where you are and will find a conversation you will want to join. Subscribe to the email list and like The Glorious Table on facebook so you don't miss anything.  There will be new posts every weekday and a special devotional series on Saturdays. Jump on over, check it out, and pull up a chair.  Today's writer is an old friend of yours - ME!   Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner

Her name is Tigist. So many things about us are the same. Although it's said in different languages, we share the title, Mom.  One of her sons is named Ts'aga which means "grace." I have a daughter who's middle name is Grace.  She squeezes her kids and smothers them with kisses. I squeeze my kids and smother them with kisses.  She dreams about her children's future. I dream too. We share many deep similarities but also some startling differences. She speaks Amharic. I speak English.  She lives in Ethiopia. I live in the United States.  She is a single mom. My husband comes home every night.  She walks everywhere she goes. I only walk for exercise or on vacation.  She works to survive. I have a savings account.  She carefully measures out food between her three children. I have leftovers to give to my dog. She is sick. I am healthy.   That difference is what made us sisters instead of birth, proximity or even adoption.  ...