This past Summer my six-year-old got very sick. He ended up needing to be in the hospital for a week. It was scary, and hard, and completely turned our lives upside down. Honestly, I avoid hospitals. I avoid suffering and watching other people suffer. But, this experience forced me to confront my fear. I met […]
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It’s the first of November. A month that I commit myself to gratitude. Thanksgiving is in November, and since it doesn’t require all the gifts and festivities, it is a wonderful time to practice gratefulness all month long. So, today I begin. I begin by practicing gratitude for the people in my life. They are
I’ve heard it said that we are feeling beings living in an unfeeling World. I don’t believe that’s true, at least not the last part. I would argue the opposite. Our World is full of feelings, of suffering and loss, love and redemption, anger and fear. We are often bombarded with the feelings of others,
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Today is Sunday, my day of rest. But, Sunday also has this feeling of the calm before the storm. It is my intention to give myself grace for today. This means letting myself rest. This rest is something I have to allow. My inclination is to answer one more email, or do one more load
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers not thunder.” ~Rumi I’ve been reading Rumi lately. I can’t sit down and just read chapters of Rumi. I have to work through sentences, sometimes just words. His writings are dripping with wisdom. Sometimes I wish just holding the book of his teachings,
It’s the beginning of another school year, or as I like to refer to it, a Fortnite break. I’m kidding, sort of. This seemed to be the Summer of Fortnite. If you don’t know what I’m talking about you probably don’t have boys in your house. My boys have been obsessed with the game. According
I am a Mom of 4 kids, which is entirely too many. I love writing, cooking, yoga, and most of all other people. I am overly sensitive and can cry at the very thought of something heart warming. I spend the entire month of December watching The Hallmark Channel, which is completely cheesy and predictable,