Open windows and Adventure and Shrieks and Laughter. . And 7:15 a.m. with 63 degrees on the thermometer and a cool breeze. And my white robe belted around me feels snuggly good and I’m quite content to curl my hands around my coffee mug and watch from my backdoor porch. I’m mostly not-a-thrill-seeker. My adventures […]
Gratitude For Jesus and Happy Things
Three devotions I recently posted on Instagram ~ He Meets Our Needs Water-pelted soil lies damp, deep, silent. The water-runs leave furrows and marks and the dirt, now mud-clumped, shows the etched lines left by my farmer’s implement. It contrasts beautifully against the brilliant blue this Kansas sky is so good at. It shouts silently […]
In Which I Think About Special Days and Friendship
I do not claim to understand life. The living and breathing and moving of it. The heart of it and soul in it and soul in us. Mystery this. How we live in the moments and the clock tick-tocks them away faster than we can say hickory-dickory-dock and wraps them up into memory packages for […]
I’m Happy Today
🎶🎶 I’m happy today, Oh, yes, I’m happy today, in Jesus Christ, I’m happy today, Because He’s taken all my sins away! And that’s why I’m happy today! 🎶🎶 . . . Yesterday afternoon, I hosted my sister-in-law and a few friends and my four little nieces, of course, to celebrate her 30th birthday. As […]
Tuc and Gramps
Do you know what I see when I look at this picture? I see grace, great grace and beautiful love poured out on me. That’s my Dad. And that’s my son. My little, bitty blondie boy with the best laugh ever, who grew up when I happened to glance away for a millisecond or two. […]
Placing Rejoice on Repeat
Place Rejoice on repeat. . This is my reminder to myself on this beautiful new Saturday morning. July 28, 2018 has never been here before and won’t be again. Mystery, that. The elusiveness of time and sometimes the elusiveness of rejoicing in every good day the way I long to. . Rejoice. . rejoice for […]
It Happened Like This
It Happened Like This. I had it planned in my head and a little bit on my planner. I’d written “Pages and Project post” in black ink on my planner page on the column for Wednesday morning. I have a couple of books that are a bit overdue for review. Not really, except for […]
Joyous New Day and Celebration
The screen door stands open and the birdsong chatter wafts cheerily inside my walls. It’s a glorious morning. A deer bounds through our thirsty-yet-green field of wheat. The sun edges, edges, then bounds above the horizon in a joyous new-day way. I creak open the screen door and tiptoe across my porch and […]
Gratitude on Tuesday and Favorite Books Too
Tuesday holds the ordinary, the everyday, and the small. Give us courage to sit on a bench and listen to the secrets small things have to teach us. ~ Emily P. Freeman the • delightful daily details • docket…. {the gratitude list} pink pastels painted across the horizon tips this morning and shimmering in […]
A List of Ten Brands of Pens and Markers and Pencils I Love
I’ve been asked about what pens and markers I like and/or use for handlettering, so I decided it would make a wonderful Ten on Tuesday topic to talk about. Besides, I’m kind of a pen junkie/fanatic. I love to walk up and down the aisle of an office store and look at all the pens […]
Why I Fight To Delight In The Daily Details
There’s a reason I fight to delight in the daily details. There’s a reason I count gratitude for simple things and every good day. There’s a reason I try to create beauty in my home and everyday. There’s a reason I lean into looking for laughter and hunting out happiness. There’s a reason I meditate […]
Bravo Childhood!
My daughter turns eighteen this week and I find contemplation and memories and happiness for her all rolled into one big heart-shaped pattern. I could say so many things. Things like, the time really does go so fast. Things like, how unexpectedly you find yourself with children grown. Things like, how calendars keep turning and […]
Wherein I Will Once Again Be Grateful For Dirty Dishes and Laundry {After I Complain}
Last night, all I could see were dirty dishes and laundry that needed folded. I was tired and irritable and it looked like too much. I can not take one more dirty dish or laundry that never ends. I have a mini meltdown and exclaim to my husband that I am so tired of dirty […]
Christmas and the Common
Souls are shaped in the common moments of life, the daily stuff of memories. ~ Sally Clarkson, The Life Giving Table @sally.clarkson On our calendars, on December 25, Christmas, we celebrate Christ’s entrance into the world and even more we get to embrace Christ in our every day lives every single day! Christ cares […]
Life is an Event
Life is an event. Live like it is, as often as possible. Here’s to…. Celebrating the small. Embracing my everyday. Using my pretty dishes. Licking a lollipop. Making hot chocolate. Sharing with others. Taking pictures. Laughing long and loud, head thrown back. Proclaiming “Yikes!” Snuggling in my favorite blanket with an equally favorite book. Opening […]
Christmas Blessing Cash Giveaway 2017
Three of my favorite things about the Christmas season are the cozy, twinkly lights, pretty packages wrapped in crisp paper, and the shimmery colors and sparkle! All these things speak to sensory appeal for me and add elements of beauty and joy to my life. I love how so many of the Christmas pieces can […]
Daily Details of My Week
My washing machine decided to take a break this week and when it comes to washing machines that quite literally means, BREAK. An intake valve for the cold water is done and done. Or something like that. I know nothing about the workings of machines, except I expect them to work when I want them […]
