Sitting to tie my shoes, I turned to confess to my husband, who was fully reclined in his leather chair. “We’ve been doing this for how many mornings now, and I think I’m still waking up just a little bit bitter.” It’s 6:08 a.m. on a Saturday. Our new normal. Clearly, I didn’t think this new puppy thing all the… Read More
Monday on my morning walk, as soon as I rounded the first corner in my neighborhood (out of nowhere), tears welled up in the corner of my eyes. I quickly brushed them away (like I always do), and in reflex, troubleshot with God about the reason for my tears. (Mainly why they flow so freely these days, almost without cause.)… Read More
What is the kindest thing you can do for yourself today? Would it be to give yourself a day off from work, from any and all household cleaning, or from your long list of daily to-dos? Would it be to splurge in a little retail therapy, a luxurious spa treatment, or to indulge in a huge slice of pumpkin spice… Read More
As promised, this is a follow-up to the post I wrote on The Good Life. (If you want to refresh your memory, you can read it here.) This weekend, I listened to a sermon in which the *pastor addressed the topic of stress. He began by laying the foundation of his message with a definition and a principle. “Stress is… Read More
How, in a year that’s emphatically being labeled as bad, can I possibly be talking about a life that’s good? Valid question—I get it. Because the truth is it’s mid-October, and I’m only now finding words on the other side of my own personal pit. I should start by saying aloud (via my keyboard) that I have been in a… Read More
Just popping on to let you know that my new book is out and just in time for 2019!! Here are 5 facts about this book: 1: The books I write are always for me first. I needed these lessons and learned to live them out in very real (and often painful) ways last year. 2: Because of that, I… Read More