My Story

“My Psalm 23 Place” By Shelley M. Reed When living in NY for 2 years, back in 2022, I found this park about a mile away from our house that I would often visit to just walk and think.  It wasn’t really extravagant.  Just simple and quiet.  The perfect, temporary respite when life became a bit “unglued”.  In the […]

Photo from the app “Picture This” PART 6. “I am Marsh Parsley” I was taking a nature walk recently around the property where my son attends school.  I will be teaching a nature elective for them this year and wanted to get the lay out of the land.  I wasn’t too hopeful of what I would find.  We

PART 5. “A Front Row Seat” Photos by Shelley Reed In the Fall of 2024, my family and I took a weekend trip to the beach in Galveston, Texas. As I woke up one morning, an incredibly beautiful sunrise canopied over the gulf. The photos above shows an object that would cause me to deeply

PART 4.  A “New Hairdo” Four rounds of Chemo were behind me.  I rang the bell to share with everyone that I was finished, but I was tired.  Honestly, I could not wait to begin my progression back to health and normalcy.  It had been quite a journey the last few months.     “Lord, what should

PART 3.  The Molting Process… The progression of doctor appointments began.  First the biopsy, then the staging, then the plan.   A plethora of phone calls, establishing doctors, and fighting with insurance.   Then the timeline.  Surgery, then reevaluate.   Then the decisions.  Keep or remove?  How much?  How little?  So much to think about. I remember the

PART 2.  Ad Gloriam Dei. It was March of 2020.  Just before COVID put a halt on all of our lives.   I prayed a seemingly simple, straightforward prayer.  I wanted a revival.  I wanted to see God moving around the world, around our country, around my town, in my family, and then in ME!  Over

PART 1.  The Setting. In a quaint neighborhood just outside of Fort Campell, TN, a sweet army spouse gave me a cross- stitch frame that said, “Home is where the Army sends you.”  Yes, the Army had brought us here.  With each new move came a new season – and this season was about to