When a baby is born, people are very excited. There are showers full of gifts, visits from friends and family, meal trains to provide for the weeks following birth, and in general a lot of support for the new parents. However, after the first month is over, the excitement dies down, the visiting relatives go […]
We Don’t Have to Prove Our Worth
We try to make up for our imperfections by striving. Trying to prove we aren’t as bad as we seem.
Or we do the opposite and freeze in the belief we aren’t capable so we embrace their failures and don’t risk trying anymore.
There is a third way…
Why I Wake up First in my House {And I a...
Who is the first one awake in the morning in your house? For years it has been one of my kids. Usually the youngest. This was fine with me for a long time because I am not a morning person. I like to take my mornings slow, like molasses slow. No loud noises. No quick […]
Pursuing Your Writing Dream {Writing wit...
What is your passion? The thing you do and it sets your heart on fire? Art? Music? Writing? Organizing? When’s the last time you invested in that passion? I don’t mean pennies or a couple of moments of your time, I mean when’s the last time you plunged in and decided to do all you […]
Rest with Me :: An Invitation
Hello Dear Friends, October is over and so is the official #Write31Days challenge. I have been trying to decide what to do with Discovering God in the Old Testament. I have bounced around a lot of ideas including 1)plow right through until I’m done 2) write a weekly Old Testament post and a weekly post […]