Nov 13, 2014 | Conversation, Identity, Life Coaching, Marriage and Family, Motherhood, Other, Parenting
The Quaker teacher, Douglas Steere, was fond of saying that “the ancient human question, ‘Who am I?’ leads inevitably to the equally important question, ‘Whose am I?’ for there is no self hood outside of relationship.” “When a woman becomes her own best friend...
Sep 30, 2014 | Identity, Life Coaching, Marriage and Family, Motherhood, Parenting
Leaving a Legacy. Dove has done it again. I give DOVE a standing O for the astounding messages they are choosing to send out to mothers and daughters everywhere. Just today they announced their new campaign, “Legacy.” I about fell over when I saw it...
Sep 28, 2014 | Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Other, Vision
“The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew where she was. It seemed almost like being shut out of the world in some fairy...
Sep 25, 2014 | Bible Study, Community, Conversation, Faith, Life Coaching, Practicing Love, The Waiting Room, Waiting
#One Sentence I can’t help myself today. I woke up with grand intentions to organize and schedule and write in the morning, because the afternoon is for seeing clients. I’m making progress, thankfully, yet get sidetracked by a few really great sentences....
Sep 19, 2014 | Community, Conversation, Faith, Life Coaching, Other, Practicing Love
Helping Others If you’ve ever been to my home, you know how I love to light candles. The flicker of a single flame creates a sense of calm that I find ever so inviting. From the moment it is lit, my breathing slows, my heart remembers to rest, and the soft glow...
Sep 11, 2014 | Empty Nest, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Other, Strength for Hard Times, Trust in God
Remembering 911. “First came the boom―the loud, deep, unapologetic bellow that seemed to erupt from the very core of the earth. Eerily, the majestic high-rise slowly leaned to the south. On the seventy-eighth floor of the World Trade Center’s north tower,...
