Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
I’ve been known to over-schedule my kids. I once thought if every day didn’t have an extra curricular built in, they’d sit around watching tv after school. By the time they reached upper elementary age, this whole plan backfired on me. At a certain point, both daughters … [Read more...]
I say I'm happy. True, I suffer from depression/anxiety, but it's just a little psychological/physiological brain wiring I'm working on repairing. I do love my life. So when my friend, Kaili, found 22 Things Happy People Do Differently and shared it on Facebook, I … [Read more...]
"Hey, hey, hey! C'mere, c'mere, c'mere!" Edd brought the girls and I around his iPad. "You guys have to see this." He pulled up the following video on YouTube. "Listen to him!" 5 seconds into it the girls stare at their father. I raise my eyebrows wondering if my husband is … [Read more...]
Eleanor Roosevelt has been my hero since 3rd grade. I'm not exactly sure what turned me on to the First Lady, but every time I had to turn in a biography for a school assignment, it was about Mrs. R. My role model's words are posted in our kitchen for all to see. I've tried … [Read more...]
It's Holy Week. A time we reflect on Majesty. On Death. On Resurrection. On Jesus. So it may surprise you that my motivator this week comes from Cracked.Com. Not normally the holiest of all websites, but last week an article posted about a man who lived with a true nature of a … [Read more...]