Aug 15, 2014 | Empty Nest, Faith, Life Coaching, Love 365, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times
The Art of Letting Go It’s that time of year. Every time it rolls around, my heart remembers and I start praying. Help each and every parent I know, God, to master the art of letting go. Even as I sat under my beloved beach umbrella (yes, I sat there quite a...
Aug 13, 2014 | Empty Nest, Faith, Life Coaching, Love 365, Marriage and Family, Other, Practicing Love
*Please note this post is longer than “ought to be,” so I ask you to bear with me. The Way of Love Never in a million, trillion years would I have thought Gift from the Sea was filled to the brim with marital advice. As I sat under my beloved beach...
Aug 1, 2014 | Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Other, Prayer
The Art of Shedding “One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much. Physical shedding to begin with, which then mysteriously spreads into other fields. Clothes, first. Of course, one needs less in...
Jul 31, 2014 | Other, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Identity, Life Coaching, Practicing Love, Prayer, The Waiting Room, Vision, Waiting
A Gift from the Sea: A More Peaceful Tempo In the 50th anniversary edition of Gift from the Sea, Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of author Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writes: “At whatever point one opens Gift from the Sea, to any chapter or any page, the author’s...
Jul 26, 2014 | Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Love 365, Other, Practicing Love, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times, The Afternoon Knows, The Waiting Room, Vision, Waiting
Two Gifts from the Sea Sometimes we have to get away. Something happens when we leave the known for the unknown, even if the unknown is oddly familiar. For over 30 years now, I’ve made my way to the Outer Banks of NC for either a day, a week, or even longer....
Jul 22, 2014 | Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Other, Practicing Love, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times, Vision
From the Archives Exactly four years ago today, I published this short piece. Today, I remember it with such intense fondness. Each women played such a strategic part in making this event happen. I am forever grateful for their friendship and loving support....