Improving my love of life…. through loving God, self and others
So many parents encourage their children to grow up quickly, always seeming to be looking at the next step. We’ve all had those conversations where Mom is questioning if Junior will ever walk/talk/sleep/potty the way another child his age does. As parents we can get so caught up in where they are going, that we... Continue Reading →
I knew things weren't great in our marriage; in a lot of ways we were just in survival mode - the kids were 4, 2 and 6 months and we were in shock as to how much time and energy they pulled out of us each day. My guy was in a sales role at... Continue Reading →
My friend went to Colorado last weekend for a men's retreat. It was one of those getaways where men come together around a John Eldredge concept and grow closer to other men and to Christ. He was so excited to go, it was costly in time and resources but he was convinced it was the... Continue Reading →
Many years ago, in our third or fourth year of marriage, I learned a big lesson regarding talking about my guy. I had been at work and gone to lunch with a friend and on the way back to the office, I called our home answering machine to check our messages. I was irritated that... Continue Reading →
After several days in Amsterdam I had a craving for my daily fruit/vegetable juice and went to my trusty Trip Advisor app to find a juice shop. It was a good distance away, involving taking a tram and walking several blocks in an area I had not yet seen. At first I was hesitant, but... Continue Reading →
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook last week: When we think we fully 'know' someone such as a spouse, best friend, parent, etc. we stop actively listening to them. We don't fully hear them anymore. We think we know them well enough to know what they are going to say next, or their... Continue Reading →
Ever been told you have a critical spirit? I have, not by a person, but God has convicted me of it time and again. If you tend to look at something - a performance, the layout of a store, a beautiful scene, the efficiency of a group working together - and say this is really... Continue Reading →
Do you know someone who will write out a list of to-do’s for the sole purpose of marking off the items already accomplished? When they share this about themselves, it’s almost like a confession, they look around, hoping someone else do es the same thing. Now, I am not a list maker, in fact I... Continue Reading →
We had just moved to Connecticut in 1999. We had three kids four and under and I was scrambling to find friends, preschool, church....you know, resources. My guy told me about a colleague whose wife was also from the South, had several children and wanted to help us learn the ropes of New England. I... Continue Reading →
We were in Minnesota for almost ten years, many years longer than I've lived anyplace my entire life. The state was a difficult one for us because we are Southern through and through and Minnesota is not. The first three years were spent with us freezing from the cold as well as the frosty reception... Continue Reading →
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