I started off this year with a goal. My goal was to write a post of gratitude a day. I made it eighteen posts before failure! Haha! I’m trying to remind myself what we tell our kids. Failure only happens when you quit. Failure is a primary ingredient to success, etc. Isn’t that so typical…

An enigma I’ve been living in, well, maybe my whole life is this feeling of urgency for the next thing while being in what seems like a never-ending state of waiting. At the same moment, time has equally passed so quickly that it’s beyond me to grasp where it has gone. I heard once that…

Looking for wonder today, I poked my head out our backdoor and scanned the yard. Our current backyard is not a site to behold. I’m ashamed to say there are still pool toys sitting out from the summer kiddie pool we had blown up for a month in July, leaves all over that need to…

There’s something magical about trees. If you think back to your early childhood memories, there is a tree in there somewhere. I distinctly remember a large tree that was gloriously green in the summer that had white bark that you could peel off like thick paper. I remember sitting in front of it as a…

Oh glorious sunshine. Have you ever noticed there are a lot of songs about sunshine… I’ve got sunshine in my pocket… You are my sunshine, my only sunshine… I’m walking on sunshine, oooohh…. etc. It’s pretty miraculous, that great big ball of flaming gas up there in the sky. Without it, life cannot happen. Too…

“In the beginning was the Word…” John 1 begins this way. Words are important. In my faith, God spoke, with words, the world into existence. Jesus is the Word and he was with God in the beginning. Although communication over ninety percent nonverbal, words are the primary way we send intentional messages to others. They…

Today was one of those brain foggy, irritable sort of days. Everyone seemed off and a bit cranky. I have often pondered if they’re all just feeding off of my energy, or maybe we’re all feeding off of each others. I’ll take ownership for that I guess. It wasn’t the best day. There were a…

Community is such a big word. I’m sure many people have different perspectives around the definition of such a word. Let’s start with a common definition so we’re on the same page. “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common” or “a feeling of fellowship with others,…

We like words in our home. One of the first things I remember noticing about my husband’s family that he grew up in is that they were particular about grammar and how they communicated. The had their own secret language that only they knew, which, let’s be honest, I thought was quite strange when I…