Mar 7, 2014 | Community, Conversation, Faith, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love
Parenting: Where true love is tried in the fires of daily life. Today I had the privilege of sharing my heart with a remarkable group of MOPS moms. We opened a conversation on how to raise great communicators. This subject captivates me and continues to harness my...
Mar 13, 2013 | Caregiving, Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Love 365, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times, The Afternoon Knows, Trust in God
Good defined (n), “profit or advantage; worth; benefit.” Defining good. It’s taken me quite awhile to finally process the past few months and actually write this. “Alot” has occurred since August, when my mom was first diagnosed with a...
Sep 3, 2012 | Empty Nest, Life Coaching, Love 365, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, The Afternoon Knows
From the Archives of September 2012 “I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.” -Charlie Chaplan...
Mar 29, 2011 | Faith, Identity, Life Coaching, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times
It is often when we are swallowed up in God that we find our true selves. We discover our true identity, not as doers, but as be-ers. Our tasks in this life boils down to: ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’ Indeed, this is why so many of us avoid silence...
Feb 25, 2011 | Community, Conversation, Empty Nest, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love, Prayer
Downsizing As empty nesters, Rob and I have been on a mission: downsize. While cleaning out the 50th drawer (okay, hyperbole), I came across this old picture. I laughed out loud. “Living proof,” I smiled. “I’ve been attracted to flashy clothes...
Feb 9, 2011 | Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times
“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” -Stacia Tauscher A Kiss from God So, right in the middle of Brooke’s Christmas brain surgery recovery, God dropped a little package of love named Esme. For...