Note to Myself on a Monday
Well here we are again. It's Monday, and you and your planner are raring to go! As you sit sipping your coffee and ready to wrangle this week into hour-by-half-hour-order with your strategies and pencil in hand, give me your ear for just a minute. I promise I won't...
Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 8 – Focus
I am very happily married. No, it's not perfect. But I am so happy. Content. Thankful. In the days leading up to our wedding, I could find no fault in Jeff. And God help the person who tried to tell me otherwise. Of course I knew he wasn't perfect, but it...
Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 7 – A Good Day
Thanking God for . . 22. a husband who knows and cherishes my heart 23. breakfast out with said husband 24. Christmas lights and decorations in Home Depot that made me feel 6 years old again 25. back garage door friends 26. the wisdom, advice, and...
Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 6 – Safe & Dry
Thank you God for . . 16. sleeping in 17. answering my prayer 18. catching up with Josh 19. a husband and sons who've prepared us for Sandy 20. encouragement shared between friends 21. power that's still ON Thirty Days of Thanks is a challenge I make to myself...
Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 5 – Just Counting
I just got back from 4 amazing days of inspiration and community, and my brain feels like my stomach does after dinner on Thanksgiving Day . . so FULL I can hardly move. I'll be "digesting" everything over the next few days, and I'm sure there will be something to...
Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 4 – Reality Check
Circumstances have a way of getting up in our face. They distort our vision and blind us to the reality of everything else around. When I'm struggling with a trial, whether it's a dirty house, a child's bad attitude (or mine), a difficult relationship, or a real...
Thirty Days of Thanks: Day 3 – Headless Snowmen
Have you ever watched a little boy eat a gingerbread man? Nine times out of ten, they'll go for the head first. I've raised 5 boys, and without fail, I've watched them take an inordinate amount of delight in orally decapitating sweet, innocent gingerbread men....
