The Way of Gratitude: Day 7 (originally posted here) Looking back on this post, I can still feel my frustration My sense of uncertainty about who I am, what I do, how I do it… When I wrote months ago about being a Highly Sensitive Person, I may have mentioned how sometimes I feel very different […]
Why I’m Grateful for My Smartphone – and
The Way of Gratitude: Day 4 (originally published here) note: when I wrote this, we had no internet at home and everything I did was on my smartphone. We live in the future, guys. Ok, this thing I’m grateful for? And decided I was going to write about last night? Technology? Well, that’s pretty ironic, because […]
When Life Feels Gray, Just Add Color
The Way of Gratitude: Day 2 (originally published here) Today started out quite plain. Get dressed, eat breakfast, kiss Tim goodbye… And then I pulled out Jack’s Make-A-Plate kit (a gift from Aunt Teri, thank you!). Caps came off markers, coloring books were used as templates and Jack drew a plate exactly as pictured on […]
Making the Journey from Bitter to Gratef...
With Thanksgiving approaching, I can’t help but remember this miniseries I did during the summer of 2013. Reading through it recently, I wanted to share it with you again. It’s not all well written. It’s not all deep. It’s not always great. But here’s what it is: Honest. True. As I read it I can […]
Why I am Grateful for My Friends
Day 22 of 31 Days of Connecting Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all […]
Life
For months now I have been trying to enjoy life a bit more. I have thrown numerous dance parties for my kids, eaten more ice cream, enjoyed playing Simon Says with my super creative 5 year old: “Simon says, act like a flower.” (what?!) Turns out I can be pretty creative, too: “Simon says, go […]