I start to run, after much procrastination, I get out there and head east. Melancholy mood surrounds, a quiet soberness, a kind of numbness- one foot in front of the next. Somewhere beneath surface trying to grasp another loss. How to feel? What is an appropriate and healthy (real) response…
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Don’t get the wrong idea when you read the poem at the end of this post…I don’t live like this all the time…I wish I did, I need to. I don’t want to miss out. Life, what a gift; fragile and beautiful, difficult and daring. Today, sunshine-head and I drove…
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Below are two articles I submitted for a grant organization to encourage and help families who are considering, or in, the adoption process. If God is tugging on your heart about adoption or you know others who are adopting, or you are just curious, read on… A Frenzy of FUN(d)raising-…
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Went running for about 30 (minutes not miles…or was it years) before I realized that I had been listening to the same song the whole time. How could I have missed this? The haunting, beautiful melody was the background and mood setter for the run, but why didn’t I determine…
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Because life is too short to pretend you don’t want roses from your man… Because life should be vibrantly fragrant; a sweet aroma of praise to Creator God… Because China is meant to be used and enjoyed, not boxed up in the basement or attic… Because candles are meant to…
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Today is my dear friend’s birthday. I wish you could meet her…you would want to be her friend. She is hilarious and makes me laugh out loud! She is supportive and a great listener. She is thoughtful, caring and hospitable. Her home actually looks like a Pottery Barn catalog and…
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