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and tonight.. a gift.
Continue ReadingThere are some songs that help. That bring me to a place where I can conceptualize peace, even if I can’t quite grab it. Tonight, as I think about another torturous night stretching before me I know I need a battle plan.
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SHINE.
Continue ReadingLet’s SHINE friends. Let’s let the GLORY of the CREATOR spill out of us. Let’s get holy by being who we were purposed to become.
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MORE
Continue ReadingSo I breathe. And I rest. And I look at the things in my life that I have held up as burdens. I take a moment to “what if” in a different way… what if all these things are leading me to something greater than I can imagine..
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Cultivating Joy
Continue ReadingOh how little I knew. OH HOW SMALL MY DREAMS. I didn’t know then, how very MUCH she would teach ME. How all my constant reminders and lessons and careful explanations would FALL MUTE IN AWE when the moments struck and I could stop and SEE what she, at the very core of her being, already knew.
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In November we talk about Gratitude
Continue ReadingThey entered the storm and sat in the rain. Held a hand as the thunder threatened to shake them apart, and the wind lashed from every side. They chose, over and over again, LOVE.
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Fight or Flight
Continue ReadingSometimes you’ve heard a thing a thousand times before it hits you. My anxiety has been off the charts lately. I’ve been struggling in a way that I haven’t felt for many years. Worry and fear have taken hold of me and I feel like it’s a constant battle to shake loose of them enough […]
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Community
Continue ReadingCommunity Can we talk about community for just a minute? This week has been a little on the rocky side. Father’s Day didn’t go as planned. ALL the amazing fathers in my life missed out on Facebook shout outs because I was curled up on a cat blanket in the grass watching my toddler’s fever […]
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To Be Known
Continue ReadingToday was the last day of school. It’s tradition at our elementary to “clap out” the fifth graders for their final time leaving the building. All the other grades line the halls and cheer for the students who have completed their elementary career. There were leaps of joy. There were broad smiles of victory. […]
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The Little Things
Continue ReadingTonight my hubby and my oldest had youth group to attend, so that means I have 3 kids to “put to bed” on my own. Now.. I’ve got a good age spread between mine and I FEEEEL for you mamas who #1- do this on your own EVERY. NIGHT. (You ladies are superwomen all day […]
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Beginnings
Continue ReadingBeginnings Who would have thought I would get my writing inspiration from Death? Me. That’s who. And perhaps everyone who knew me during the last “writing phase” of my life. I have words stirring around inside me all the time. And I often feel the immense power of words and have trouble selecting the correct […]
