I didn’t go to the DMV that Monday morning expecting to have one of life’s existential questions answered but here I am writing about it. I was there to get my expired driver’s license renewed (oops!) and the nice man behind the window was surprisingly chatty. He asked me how my day was going—“Great so…
A Beautiful Life
The best thing that happened to me this month was that my Facebook account was hacked. And apparently, the hacker posted something that didn’t meet “Facebook’s community standards” so I’m locked out of Facebook and Instagram. My initial reaction was anger and frustration. Why use your talent in such a useless way? What a waste!…
When Life Doesn’t Look Like You Thought It Would
I am learning to be with what is. That sounds like an incomplete sentence, doesn’t it? But I am learning to be—to be content—with what feels like an incomplete day and an incomplete life. Life in this season is not exactly how I had it pictured but if you were to ask me how I…
4 Ways to Ruin Your Life
“Read and read again, and do not despair of help to understand the will and mind of God though you think they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble your heads though you have not commentaries and exposition. Pray and read; read and pray. For a little from God is better than a great…
Somewhere Beautiful
FAITH “I just wanted to remind you not to give up. I know you’re tired and life feels like a slog, but your faithfulness to carry on is leading somewhere beautiful. The things that matter most take time and perseverance. What you are working on now isn’t the point, but how God is pointing you…
A Year From Now
A year from now what will you wish you had done today? A few years back I found myself in a bit of a funk. (I always cringe a little when I say or write that “f” word. I’m pretty sure my grandmother would’ve considered it a cuss word.) But I can’t think…
2020 Vision: My Word for the Year
DECLUTTER! That’s my #wordfortheyear I’m on a mission to declutter my home and my life. I love these two quotes! Most of us who are weighed down by mental clutter—the to-do lists and calendar activities cataloged in our brain—find a shocking amount a relief when we cut back on our physical clutter. If your environment is…
Ordinary Day: 11.20.19
“This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is an offering I may make to God. Therefore, it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him. Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God’s way. In this job, not…
Celebrating a Champion
I was born in the sixties, a child in the seventies, and survived as a teenager in the eighties. I had big hair and big ideas about conquering the world. I dated in high school but had no intention of getting married any time soon. Actually, I had it all planned. I Don’t Need A…
How Do You Measure Your Life?
There are lots of ways to measure life. I’ve recently discovered a new and painful way. I sensed I was measuring it wrong, though not immediately. To learn the lesson I had to sit with the pain first. A New Family Command Center Google “family command center” and in 0.6 seconds you’ll get 454 million…
When Life Seems Painfully Ordinary Do This
From where I sit your life seems magical. I see your posts and photos and hear your stories of adventure and travel and remodeling your kitchen. And my life seems painfully ordinary. I blame it mostly on pollen. I’ve sneezed 4,372 times in March already. My nose is raw and allergy medicine makes me crazy!…