An hour and a half left in my audiobook and I’ve succumbed to tears. It’s seven thirteen of the a.m. as my wheels hum on the highway.I’d kept secretly rooting for this character. I couldn’t quite explain why; he didn’t seem to deserve it. He sneers. He’s very unhelpful. Rather hateful. He belongs to the […]
A Place For the Soul to Feel Safe in the Awkward Playacting of Life
You sit across from me on the cozy cerulean chair cushion, chatter, clatter, and espresso machine buzzing around us, your lemon-yellow kerchief corralling lovely curls.Me, legs curled criss-cross applesauce, snug on the vintage couch. My hands curled around a decaf cinnamon breve with whip while you sip a mocha complete with a lovely chocolate drizzle. My […]
Gifting A Neighbor As They Re-Establish Hearth and Home
This morning I’m considering… What would I especially wish for if I had to replace all my earthly possessions? In the Kingdom of God, we know value and life and eternal significance lies in things unseen and beyond our physical realm of life here. However, many of us are given lives filled with dishes and […]
I Still Believe Digital Giveaway
Happy Friday! Have you been able to watch the new movie I Still Believe yet? If not, I have a giveaway for you today! {I have a giveaway for you, EVEN if you have watched it! 🙂 It’s a good movie to own.} I’m happy to get to offer a giveaway for a digital copy […]
Books and Podcasts That May Be Exactly What You Need Right Now
Good day, friends! Kansas is showing off beautiful this morning. Blue, blue skies. Rolling out the puffy white clouds because they look so fantastic with the blue as a backdrop. Green wheat waving. Spring blooms swaying. Truly magnificent! Our world is full of noise, isn’t it? Even in ordinary days, we all have a lot […]
Called to a Pathway of Righteousness
“It is now generally recognized that the question ‘Am I Christian?’ can no longer be answered in any significant manner by citing denominational, ethnic, or national names or symbols. There are now 33,800* different Christian denominations on earth. Clearly, an adequate answer must go deeper than our religious associations. It must refer to what we […]
Feed Your People
My children made my day unexpectedly happy. I feel that all my parenting failures are absolved. 😄 Gathered around the kitchen island, my daughter sitting on it, swinging her legs and my son perusing the kitchen drawer for a snack, we chatted about a few of their childhood memories. Two of their favorites?! Snack time. […]
What Did I Do To Deserve This?
Good morning friends………….the framework of this story is set in the barebones of a true-life tale shared with me about a little girl and her response to a surprise giftcard in the mail. I took it, added some twists, a big bit of creative license and sketched out this story of grace. I tell it […]
Restoration Series
I’m sharing a new series with you today, called Restoration Series. This series shares the story of Jonathan, his wife and family. Due to a poor decision and the consequences of it, Jonathan has been in prison for fifteen years. He’s missed so much. He’s missed time with his family, milestone markers and the day-to […]
Indivisible Movie and Giveaway
This new movie arrives in theaters ToMoRRoW!!! AND we have a giveaway beginning ToDaY for 2 Fandango ticket codes to use to go and watch this film! WootWoot! {tickets only good for this particular movie} Indivisible Here’s a synopsis of the movie shared with me ~ “INDIVISIBLE is based on the extraordinary true story of […]
Make the Memories Because We Can
In the rhythms and routines of life, The day-to-day, The simple tasks. The have-tos and must-be-dones. Along the edges and cracks. We find ourselves creating. Creating though we do not see it forming at the time. We mold memories. Traditions arise and unfold in the threads and edges. Unplanned, really. One day we tell. We […]
What’s The Most Beautiful Part Of Your Life Right Now?
What’s the most beautiful part of your life right now? We gather around white plastic tables with pink carnations centered on each one. Chatter and rustles circle the room as we open brown paper boxes to reveal sandwiches, cookies and fruit. Small bags of chips and water bottles dot the tables too. The rise and […]
Love and Happiness and Life and Time
Each time of life has its own kind of love and each time of life its own kind of happiness. ~ Leo Tolstoy . Ah, yes! Life bestows love and happiness, weaving these shining golden threads among the fibers colored “Everyday”. . I’ve lived four decades now. Long and short juxtaposing together. . In my […]
The Fabric of Our Days
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 […]
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 […]
Ten Quick Memories Of My Years With My Man and My Kiddos
Ok, gang! {That was the first greeting that popped in my head as I set out to type this post. Then, it made me giggle! But I went with it, all the same. Maybe, because of the giggle. I find beginning and ending blogposts a bit challenging at times. Not always. But sometimes. I think […]
Ten Favorite Childhood Memories
Last week I walked down memory lane and posted ten birthday gifts I received and loved SO MUCH when I was a kid. This week I have ten childhood memories. These things were often part of our daily life and were some of the little things I loved then. 1. Going to town to get […]