Joy can be contagious, and laughter the best medicine. We weren’t created to live life alone, and our hearts are happier and our lives more full when we live life together … when we let go of our inhibitions and live in the now—talking and laughing and embracing just because we can. I used […]
How to Give the Ultimate Gift
I’ve been saving things for a long time. And after having 4 kids in 6 years, it’s not surprising how much I’ve accumulated, and it’s time to pass it on. Last fall, a co-op friend alerted me to a huge consignment sale in our local area–one they hold twice a year. So last October, we moseyed over […]
Press On, my Friend! {In Whatever Season You’re In}
I know the good-bye is coming. Because of my experience I know how the time is going to fly. And how is it, I can know that—how can I say I want to make every moment count, but still allow their childish silliness and rowdy laughter to make me crazy on a daily basis? And I […]
For When You Want to Know How to Really Teach :: Sermon On the Mount {Week 1}
Our school year is winding down and I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned about myself and my kids, by being their teacher! And while I’m not a teacher by trade, as a nurse I do a lot of patient education and am very used to helping others learn. Teaching my own children has been so very […]
For When You Long to Know How to REALLY Be Beautiful
It is a beautiful thing to receive a gift. Because you know someone is extending a bit of themselves to you because they want to—because you matter to them. And yet, I’m beginning to believe it really IS more beautiful to give. To be the one to give my time helping another. To offer a compliment when […]
For When Your Dreams Die, and You Need to Dream Again…
We’ve all had dreams. And we’ve all had dreams die. But sometimes it’s in the dying, that room is made for something new–something we may never have experienced any other way. Because like a bulb in the earth, it’s in the dark and cold places where new growth begins. And it is from these places, […]
She Speaks 2012 and The Counting On…of the Gifts that Never End
I’m sure it’s no surprise to you, that up ’til now, I hadn’t considered myself a writer. In fact I celebrated when my last college English class ended, thankful that I’d never have to write a paper again. But in the process of blogging in this space I am becoming a writer. In fact I […]
When You Feel Like Saying “I Can’t Do This!”
She delivered her fourth baby yesterday and you could hear her all the way down the hall. Her epidural didn’t work and she was SO loud. And while birth is a beautiful moment, it’s work—work that really, REALLY hurts. And when there’s that much pain, it’s almost impossible to see the beauty that’s on its […]
Brave is…
Brave is… …when you send the email apologizing, and don’t even know if there will be a response. …when you sit and breathe deep, and stay engaged in the disagreement–unsure if you’ll even be heard. …when you stand before a crowd of people, on a scary stage alone, and speak your story out loud … […]
Empty to be Filled Again
To be filled, we must first be empty. To be used, we must be hollow and open–available and ready. And as those who love God, we are His. We are the vessels on this earth who shine His glory. Because He has chosen us to hold the greatness of His power that is only from Him […]
