I Will Make Generous Assumptions
I asked a friend of mine about the dress she was trying to pick out the week before. She had a family wedding to attend and the family situation was messy to say the least. I asked about the weekend, knowing the dynamics were messy: not invited to the rehearsal,...
Lavender Lemonade
Okay friends, no matter what Target looks like, summer is not over! So let’s keep it going and get a little fancy. No more lemonade-stand-watery-lemonade. Let’s make something that we actually enjoy, grab a book, and pretend we are on vacation in our back yards. I...
Happy Is A Sham
Happy is a sham, because as you work to achieve it, it can so easily turn into what you live for. Happy can become your master, when you will sacrifice more than you should for it. If we start to live for happy, we can begin to hold onto it too tightly, for fear that...
Living in the Back Row
We tend to sit in the same location at church, middle right side every Sunday. We are creatures of habit, aren’t we? We like comfort and routine. However, when I was at the peak of my concussion issues, we moved to the very back row against the wall. We...
What’s Holding You Back?
Don’t you wish you could see yourself through the eyes of one of your friends sometimes? Here’s what I mean: as I sat in my kitchen talking to a friend, the gal I saw was beautiful and kind, capable and just on the cusp of what God has next for her. Yet as she talked...
Let’s Finish The Year Strong
July...what?!?! We are halfway through 2019, and it’s a great time to look back and say, “What would it look like to finish strong?” In January, the air is full of resolutions, good wishes, and the opportunity to start anew...and in July, the air is full of sunscreen...
Capture The Simple
I asked my kids their favorite thing about summer so far and what I found to be interesting was the simplicity of the things that they were loving. Bike rides to a new school park near our house, a water balloon fight when it was raining and cool outside, frisbee, and...
Celebrate Freedom
Fourth of July… I love the red, white and blue everywhere, fireworks and barbecues. I Love it all! It’s easy to run right through the 4th of July in celebration mode, so I thought this year I would pause a bit and process what the 4th is really about. I read a...