Weeks have flown by with nary a blog post. My husband noted yesterday that I went to the She Speaks conference in North Carolina back in July to explore my calling as a writer…and then promptly stopped writing! No correlation, really, I just had to hit the ground running full steam (figuratively speaking, of course) when I returned, knowing I’d have to […]
Pivot Point
There are those times, those moments, those days that change all things forever. Sometimes they only slip into clarity with the benefit of hindsight. Sometimes they catch you unaware in a moment unanticipated. Sometimes you can see them coming toward you in the distance, closer and closer, sometimes with a sense of great anticipation, sometimes with great trepidation, sometimes with […]
What I can’t see makes all the difference…
My view of life is SO. VERY. LIMITED. Since our upcoming move is looming ever-so-large in my brain at all times, waking or sleeping, of course I have done what any rational (controlling, overly organized, Type A) woman would do: I stalk houses on Zillow. I have invested (sounds so much better than frittered away) hours in researching the area […]
We are weak but He is strong…
It’s a high pain day, one of the pesky flares that are an inevitable but unpredictable part of my chronic illness life. My thorn of the flesh, is oh-so-very-thorny today. Which leads to more ranting and raving in my brain about this transition our family is wading through, which is oddly cobbled together with all the OTHER transitions of the […]
100% Grateful
Contentment found in a moment where I get to decide. Choosing to not spend myself in longing for what is not and to fully bring in what IS. Fountain-sound mingled with a song I don’t know- the soundtrack of my future, a melody God is composing. Soft breeze and the taste of iced coffee on my tongue. Finding the familiar […]
Buckle up…we’re in for a wild ride!
Moving is something I never wanted to do again. Never thought I would do it again. And yet here we are. In my year-long odyssey of constant beyond-my-control change, relocation is now thrown into the mix. Not just across town, mind you, but across time zones to a state neither of us have ever lived. Terrifying and so so exciting. […]
Gardens and Suitcases
Ah, the blessings of an other-paced life. I loved getting to see another new city last week as part of my “Tag Along with James on Business Trips Tour 2016.” Oklahoma City was beautiful, lots to see and do, and the people were warm and friendly. One of the things I enjoy about these trips is being able to set […]
Qualifying the Unqualified
Hours spent with wheels spinning and getting NOWHERE, I have found myself so very stuck in the frenetic nothingness of frustration. Awash in the irony of the situation, I am up to my ears in the extraneous trappings of trying to “be a writer” and I’m doing zero writing. I’m spending time to learn how to do it better, how […]
Contemplations the week before Graduation…
I recently had the pleasure of have a few unexpected moments yarn shopping in Hobby Lobby with a dear friend. As we wandered at a leisurely pace back to the needlework department, I glanced over to a section of home décor items, (how can you miss it, honestly?), seemingly for a nursery, and saw one that struck me. “For this child […]
Letting the Mask Slip
I am good at maintaining the image that I have it all together. I can do “pulled together and competent” all day long. I, throughout my adult life, have crafted a shiny veneer that looked pretty good. I dressed pretty well, didn’t go out of the house without having hair and makeup at least sort of done, kept my house […]