I recently read a great blog post by Michael Hyatt on the problem of drifting away from your life’s focus. It reminded me that not only can we drift away from our life plans–work, family, creative endeavors, for example–we can also drift greatly from God, and quite possibly, the two go ...
Return [Poem]
It is quiet today here in my house. The children, one-by-one, kiss me and leave, the door swinging behind them. Like the calm after a hurricane, there is mess in their wake-- and yet the storm will return, perhaps with less force later on. ...
Waiting Faithfully [Poem]
It's no small task to wait faithfully (and patiently) for God's timing in your life; when to get married, when to start a new career, when to buy a house, when to move, when to give up, when to say 'no,' when to start over--the list is perpetually long, and most of us wrestle with our confidence in ...
My Jewel [Poem]
The past may hold us, the future may change us, yet something binds, it holds and secures— Memories, old and new, combine to seal and hold tight the grip— the years cement. ...
A Recipe for Lost Mojo
"Dear Cousin, I'm thinking about starting a new revenue generating blog, but not sure I can take this on right now. My current site is working well, and the additional project would be a great income earner, but first I just have to locate and install my mojo - it ebbs and flows quite a bit ...
Dwell [Poem]
I sit here craving your presence I close my eyes hoping to feel you close All the things I busy myself with Seem to pull me further away. ...
Impossible Christmas Joy
Christmas is a complicated season. At the surface, the media sends us the message that it is the "most wonderful time of year" filled with candy canes, happy smiling children, blissful mall shopping, and of course, argument-free family gatherings and copious amounts of leisure time. It's tough to ...
5 Life Lessons from The Music Man
The story of Harold Hill, Marion Paroo, and all the townspeople of River City, Iowa in the classic music by Meredith Wilson's The Music Man is one of near disaster and certain redemption. What could have ended with tar and feathering, lost money, and broken dreams in fact, ended in love, ...
The Lost Art of Thank You Notes
My grandmother practically lived to write thank you notes, or so it seemed. Upon arriving at her memorial service at her senior residence this past February, the music director, David, who played several hymns during the small gathering, shared after the service that he had never received so many ...
Homecoming [Poem]
When all the tears have dried and left a salty stain upon my cheek I sit and feel the void, the sadness I now feel when life has had it's way. ...
The Tension of Motherhood
There are lots of different “zones” in life, but the zone of motherhood—with all its different ages and stages—is one zone that can never be completely outgrown. Once you’ve become a mother, it’s always a part of you. I really love being a mom with all its ups and downs, exhaustion, joys, and ...
May’s Motherhood Race
It's May again, and like an unleashed torrent of water from a plugged hole in a dam, the flood of activities, field trips, end-of-year wrap-up events sweeps us moms away at an alarming rate. The May motherhood race is upon us, yet again. Ballet recitals, sports potlucks, field trips, open houses, ...