This is hard stuff. It seems that every circle I am in, someone's marriage is in a slow crumble. Every. Circle. Some married for a short time, others for years. Some without children, others with kids. Some young, some older. When we are preparing to marry we dream BIG!! Those dreams… Continue reading I’m Sorry About Your Marriage…
Ladies, some of us seem to need permission to get away by ourselves, for even just a couple of hours. This is it. This is your permission...your encouragement...your convincing argument that you MUST...WE must, make this a practice.
True Talk about Knowing the Right People in the Right Places My children are now adults (eeekk!) One is married and the other is finding their way as the youngest. They've all 3 (I claim my DIL) been on a job search at different times over the last year. Application after application has been filled out… Continue reading It’s All About Who You Know
"Don't talk to me right now. I'm feeling very punchy and I might say something I will regret". This was how I greeted my husband recently when he arrived home from work. Nice, huh? Have you ever been in a place where you were constantly waiting or looking for the "next thing"? Maybe you're… Continue reading How Beating Up On Trees Brought Me Some Perspective
It was early December a few years ago. Tim and I were riding down the road. I was in the passenger’s seat with pen and paper as we discussed what we wanted to buy our people for Christmas that year. The issue we were having was that our loved ones basically have everything they need… Continue reading Come Sit With Me
We've all stood in the proverbial hallway. Waiting on doors to open. Not knowing which door to choose. Putting our hand on the handle only to find that it's locked. Listening to what's going on behind closed doors, trying to discern if that's our cue to move on or move in. Waiting...waiting...waiting... Crickets. What do… Continue reading Finding Hope In the Hallway
Jesus told a lot of stories using agricultural references to make His points so that people could easily relate. He talked about soil. He talked about planting seeds. He talked about watering. He talked about being rooted. He talked about pruning. He talked about harvesting. We talk a lot about planting seeds into the… Continue reading Be Kind To Yourself
Have you ever just taken a step back from your life and looked around and thought "what in the world is going on here?" Life is good. I'm breathing, I'm healthy and I'm blessed. But... Recently, whilst in my own little bubble, doing what I do on a daily basis, I realized that very near… Continue reading Passing Through Troubled Waters Without Getting Sea Sick
In the first book 0f Peter, Peter is writing, instructing the church in a number of things. Do's and Don'ts. How to live a holy life. Warnings on avoiding sin. etc. etc. etc. Towards the end of the book, he seems to wrap up all of those details with this... " Above all, love each… Continue reading Learning To Love Without Limits
When I think of creating art, words like messy, beautiful, creative, frustrating, expectation, intentional and unique come to mind. If you were creating a piece of art, what would you think of? What would your process look like? This is how I am beginning to view my duty of letting my adult children go well… Continue reading The Art of Letting Them Go…
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