Meet the Heinzelmans

The Heinzelman family attended Inheritance of Hope’s first Legacy Retreat, which took place at Lake George, New York, in the summer of 2008. Three and a half years later, the family has fond memories of the weekend. Yet the Heinzelmans are getting by without...

A Kiss of Kindness

“Kind hearts are quietly kind. They let the car cut into traffic and the young mom with three kids move up in the checkout line. They pick up the neighbor’s trashcan that rolled into the street.” It really is the little things in life that mean so...

Tides and Waves

I just spent a few days at the beach with my family for Spring Break. It was wonderful! My parents recently moved into a condo that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and I really enjoyed standing out on their balcony and listening to the waves come in and out constantly....

Traditions Tell a Story

I’ve noticed something about myself over the past few years since I’ve become a mom. I view traditions in my family in many different ways than I used to, especially ones around holidays of special significance for us. It’s like I view them through...

Meet the Grahams

Imagine pinching your nose shut and breathing only through a coffee straw. “It feels like you have asthma and emphysema,” said M’Leigha Graham. The average human trachea, the windpipe that carries air to the lungs, is 15-20 millimeters wide. When...

Life’s Most Urgent Question

I was reading an article the other day that proposed “life’s most urgent question”. It was not… 1) Where is the best sale today? 2)Who is the prettiest/sexiest/wealthiest person alive? 3) What is the most lucrative career? It was…. What...

Strong Enough – February 2012

I used to attend a class at a local gym called “Power.”  We did dynamic weight lifting and by the end of the class almost every muscle in my body was shaking.  After weeks of training, I started seeing real results!  I could lift my kids and...