This week I cut my hair. It started as a few inches off, then a few more. I walked around with it short for about a day and a half and when I came back from my Sunday morning walk, I handed my husband the clippers and said, take the rest off. You see, I’ve… Read More Cutting it All Off
I woke up this morning with an Attitude of Gratitude. Maybe that sounds cheesy, but, you see, I am working hard at developing the habit of choosing just one or two little things to be grateful for each morning before I even step foot out of the bed, and today, I am simply grateful for… Read More Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude
Every day after school my kids hound my husband and me about going to the playground. Even when it’s raining! Because we often say yes, they now assume that we will make time to take them. It’s become such an ingrained routine that we now mentally prepare ourselves in advance. Shoot, sometimes we even strategize… Read More Meet Me at The Playground!
Today I need to love on my littlest son for a minute because he has taught me a big lesson. He is super independent, ridiculously confident, and mad fearless. He can do all the things, knows all the stuff, and tries all the nerves! He is the epitome of who we get to be when… Read More A Big Lesson from a Little Boy
Do you ever wonder, “What am I supposed to do here?” You’ve read all the books, listened to all the speakers, prayed all the prayers, tried all the things and yet still, you’re stuck. Plain ‘ol stuck. Neither here nor there. Not struggling, but also not thriving. I’ve been there before and it is not… Read More If God Didn’t Give Me a Spirit of Fear, Why Do I Feel Scared?
Listen, we all know someone who talks badly about others. We all know that one person who is perpetually negative and seems to always have something unsavory to say about someone else. And if that someone else is someone we care about, we are usually pretty quick to jump into defense mode. Or perhaps you… Read More Don’t You Dare Talk About My Frannnnnd!
Drawing a Blank I am absolutely stumped. I have been sitting at this computer for what seems like hours, starting draft, after draft, after draft, waiting for inspiration. It’s late. I’m tired and I think inspiration is not visiting me tonight. Elizabeth Gilbert would advise that I go upstairs, shower, get dressed, perhaps dab on… Read More What to a Writer is Writer’s Block?
How can living with tenacity help make your dreams a reality? What can you do, right now, to bring you one step closer to living a life by design? The little boy I wrote this about is now a three-year-old big boy, but he is tenacious as ever! He is ferociously dedicated getting what he wants. He… Read More The Tenacity of a Two-Year-Old
My dad loves watching CNN. As he has aged, his interest in world headlines has become more and more evident as he spends many hours of the morning and evening glued to this worldwide news station. Each day since we have been here visiting in his home, I have gone to sleep hearing the faint… Read More As The World Turns
When I held a full-time position as an Assistant Principal at an Elementary school, something I learned from our school’s Principal was the importance of being intentional with your actions. Everything she did was purposeful. While not always clear to me in the moment, inevitably, down the road it was obvious that a well laid… Read More Intentional Living