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
“I have this amazing idea and I’d love to just go for it, but what if I fail? What if it doesn’t actually work? Everyone will laugh at me if I fail. I’d be such a disappointment.” Does this sound like you? If you’re like me, certainly you’ve had moments of doubt, wherein you didn’t… Read More If I Knew I Couldn’t Fail…
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
The word surrender has been migrating around my mind-space so powerfully these past few days. Between my own daily Bible reading, my devotional (I’m currently re-reading Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life), my personal development book (Abundance Now by Lisa Nichols), my monthly women’s empowerment circle, my pastor’s last sermon and a random meme that… Read More The Power of Surrendering
Today, February 1, 2016 marks the official one-year anniversary of my leap of faith. It was an incredible leap. It was terrifying, gut-wrenchingly sad, apocalyptic and exhilarating all at the same time. After two years in graduate school studying for a M.Ed. in elementary education, four years in the classroom as a lead teacher and… Read More One Year Later