For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 Mary Magdalene went early. While it was still dark. […]
My Savior, My Jesus
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be FILLED! ~ Matthew 5:6 ~ Blessed Good Friday ~ I keep thinking about it. How I don’t excel very well at unselfishness. I’m not great at sacrificing for someone else. I don’t enjoy pain. I seek peace and avoid confrontation. Conflict stresses […]
Rain and Water and Rainbows
My big Kansas sky, that I audaciously call “mine” was shining full bright sunshine in the west while darker clouds and rain streaks suspended themselves in the eastern sky and added a touch of fancy to the show by dangling a rainbow down with a flourish. A rainbow is a promise of remembrance and I […]
I Will Fight To Delight In All That Is Beauty And Blessing
Last Fridays was a beautiful Kansas Friday…the thermometer holding steady at 68 degrees. The sun beamed gently and the wind lay still and silent, a welcome respite after Monday and Tuesday, when it howled savagely and relentlessly, blowing dirt in waves and beating against our baby wheat fields. I look out the window and I […]
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 […]
Living Love Out Over and Over
L•ove is choosing O•ver and over to share life V•icariously together and find the E•xtraordinary in the everyday. L•ove is holding tight O•ver and over when life V•ents its troubles […]
A Grocery Cart Gone Missing, A Bit of Bewilderment and a Good Dose of Inspiration
The sky hangs low this morning and if you could squint close enough I’m quite sure you would see the word WINTER etched across it in wispy, weathered handlettering. As it is, I read my thermometer instead and it says seventeen degrees. I give a shiver and I pull out my long, navy coat and […]
Ten “Coffee Date with a Friend” Ideas
A friend is someone who knows the song to your heart and can sing it back when you’ve forgotten the words. ~ unknown My sister and I, we text back and forth soon after I return from spending time with my family at Christmas. We find ourselves challenging each other to aim for a once-month-coffee-date […]
Choosing Happy
This rug-turned-wall-hanging graces the space at the bottom of my basement stairway. I see it there, every time I glance down the stairway, every time I descend the stairway. It reminds me. Today matters. Today is what I have. My attitude is something I always get to choose. My happiness is in my own […]
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 […]
Of People, Places and Precious Memories
This time of year finds us focusing a good bit on birth, babies, and firstborns. We think about mangers and swaddling clothes and scratchy straw. We listen for the cry of a newborn and watch for the bright light of the star. We wrap gifts and send greetings to people we love. Today, my mind […]
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 […]
Never Long Enough
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. ~ Micah 5:2 She smiles big, joy and excitement etched across her face. She’s happy to step into the reenacting […]
A Kansas Walk and an Ankle and Things That Turn Out All Right
I took a walk today. I stepped out my door in the November sunshine and when I realized it was a most gorgeous Kansas day with azure skies and nice temps and no wind, I returned to the house and I dug out a sweater and socks and I laced my tennis shoes right up. […]
