When I interview people for articles I am writing, I always end up with way more good things I want to share with the world than will fit in my allotted space. I love hearing people’s stories. I wrote over here about the privilege it is to have someone offer up their time and experiences … Continue reading Story Time: A List
Today’s post is brought to by my “What’s Saving My Life” series because it is rainy and dreary and I’m still in recovery mode from a very full season. In times like this it is helpful for me to look up and around and notice the things that are bringing me joy and life, even … Continue reading A List of Life Savers
The past ten days have been a whirlwind of activity. I was in Texas for my best friend’s wedding and all the accompanying celebrations. While I was there, I had the chance to spend time with my family and friends in Houston, Galveston, Austin, and Waco. Each day was filled with fun and meaningful moments … Continue reading The Waves and the Vegetables
The first time I made challah bread I didn’t know I needed to let the dough rest before forming it into long strands. I rolled, stretched and pulled, but the dough kept snapping back. No matter what I did, it wouldn’t cooperate, and I was getting frustrated. I turned to the internet to research and … Continue reading The Parable of the Well-Rested Dough
What do you do, where do you go, when you need to rest and reset? June is a full month for us over here. I leave in 10 days for 10 days (more about that in next week’s post) and as soon as I get back, Nick leaves for a few days. A few months … Continue reading River Rain
I wrote last week’s post while in the air on my way to Texas. We landed and the first text I received was from the airline letting me know that my flight from Charlotte to Austin was cancelled. Bad weather. They had already rescheduled me for a flight out the next afternoon. I quickly used … Continue reading What’s Saving My Life: Smooth Travel
I’m sitting downstairs in my house today with the windows open doing some work. I took Britt-dog to daycare and am washing all of her blankets and febreezing every soft surface she likes to lay on (baby girl is committed to comfort). It is cool outside, the sun is out, and the birds are chirping. … Continue reading Cherry Avenue Cherry Blossoms
Here it is! The long-promised post! If you’ve been following along, you know I listened to this podcast episode recently and it really moved me. If you haven’t listened yet take a pause and go do that now (especially the first and third acts). What did you think? Did anything about these stories move you? … Continue reading The Room of Requirement
Do you ever take deep breaths and feel overwhelmingly thankful? I’ve been doing that since Saturday morning. The holiday season was packed with so many good things, travel for Thanksgiving, events and services to celebrate family and Christmas, a trip to West Virginia to ring in the new year, and finally a week teaching a … Continue reading Home
Happy New Year! I am in the mountains with my family this week and I’m definitely on vacation time. Yesterday I went out to ski a little stressed that I hadn’t yet written a blog post for this week. A little stressed, but sort of having the feeling that some inspiration would come while out … Continue reading you will probably fall…
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