Nov 24, 2016 | Blog, Faith, Marriage and Family, Thankful Thursday
Visiting the archives this Thanksgiving Week. While away in Kansas, celebrating Midwest style, with our son and daughter-in-law, our family is grateful for God’s goodness. For me, this time last year, I had received a mistake rejection from my now publisher....
Jan 2, 2016 | Blog, Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Love 365, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love, The 12 Practices, The 12 Practices
Visiting the Archives Happy New Year! Here’s to a 2016 filled with JOY. I’m visiting the archives today because my #MYONE WORD for 2016 is LAUGH, drawing from Proverbs 31:25 (NLT), “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without...
Aug 14, 2015 | Love 365, Marriage and Family, Motherhood, Parenting
Letting go is going to be different than you expected and far more emotionally charged. After all, we’ve been so involved in our kids’ lives and have been determined to give them the best. And frankly, this is a huge economic investment. So recognize your...
Aug 4, 2015 | Blog, Love 365, Marriage and Family, Other, Practicing Love
Most couples are willing to spend an hour a week talking about their relationship. I suggest that emotional attunement can take place (at a minimum) in that weekly “state of the union” meeting. That means that at least an hour a week is devoted to the relationship and...
Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Conversation, Marriage and Family, Motherhood, Parenting
Raising World Changers It was Gandhi that said, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Ah, how very, very true. While strolling the pen, paper, and notebook aisle at Target today, I “happened” upon a darling little girl, probably...
Apr 19, 2015 | Marriage and Family, Practicing Love, The Waiting Room, Waiting, Writing
I should have remembered, though, that the life of the spirit is never static. We’re born on one level, only to find some new struggle towards wholeness gestating within. That’s the sacred intent of life, of God—to move us continuously toward growth,...
