Sometimes in life I find that I have just operated on making things work and doing what I need to do. But this week I was reminded of how desperately I need to create in order for my soul to not feel drudgery in the day to day. I want to pull out paints, pick … Continue reading A Need to Create
Learning Life
In the rearview mirror…
Life has its moments where you want to hold on to anything not moving and hope that everything else around you will stop spinning. Within the span of nine days our house sold, my husband interviewed, accepted a job, and we loaded a moving truck. In that order. A few days after the moving truck … Continue reading In the rearview mirror…
Wait for it… WAIT FOR IT…….. W A I T…….
Whether it is a holding pattern in flight, a phone call on-hold with customer service, a checkout with a long line, or a hot car in a traffic jam… waiting is not on most people’s top ten list of things to do. But sometimes waiting is the best place to be. That is the place … Continue reading Wait for it… WAIT FOR IT…….. W A I T…….
Sometimes you should order takeout…
Ever have nights, where despite your best attempts, dinner is announced by the smoke alarm? Pizza is a meal that is made in mass quantity in our house. I usually try to make no less than four pizzas at a time – we eat one and then I put frozen pizza in the oven for … Continue reading Sometimes you should order takeout…
Anxiety or Joy
Ps 94:18-19 “When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your love, O Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.” (NIV) What supports and upholds you in your day? Sunday morning I had a choice to make from the very start. I woke up with a very poor … Continue reading Anxiety or Joy
Household life and balance…?
Balance? I'm not sure that gets achieved daily in my world, but maybe over the long run. Each day is a new adventure as school is out and both Tim and I are in the house together all day. Finding new rhythm to each getting our own work done - job hunting and design respectfully, … Continue reading Household life and balance…?
More silly moments.
Upon this day my ability to make one more decision was limited... especially when I had not yet had a thought about lunch and Uriah was already standing at the refrigerator begging for food. So, I did what any great Mom would do - I let him decide what was going to be on the … Continue reading More silly moments.
Organizing… the basement?
Oh dear! How can one thought of organizing the basement lead to nearly every room in the house... In July, I had my dad help me re-arrange our speakers so that the cabinets would be freed to use in our master bedroom. The Living Room is now not quite as heavy looking, and I can now … Continue reading Organizing… the basement?
Holy… what does that look like?
Leviticus is a tedious book in the Old Testament. I had been reading the Bible at night, but when it came to Leviticus it just wasn't working. I'd start and my mind would wonder or I'd end up staring off into the distance. Until I finally did what I needed to do in the first … Continue reading Holy… what does that look like?
Waiting on a Promise
Winter is long, gray, and cold. This year the winter of the north seems to have extended itself to some degree or the other throughout much of the country with the exception of maybe Alaska. The weather creates a deep longing in me for warmth. I want to go outside. I want to see green, … Continue reading Waiting on a Promise
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