Archive for the 'life' Category
if those walls could talk…
They started tearing down my older children’s old elementary school today. I got an email from a friend while I was sitting at my desk this morning. She lives not far from the school (her grown children went there too) and was taking her morning walk when she saw the bulldozers, back hoes, and scoopers […]
Read More..>>choosy mothers choose…
Seems it has been entirely too long since I’ve written anything out here. My life has been centered around summer fun, my church’s VBS program, and my newest family member, Fern - our “impossibly cute” (to quote my friend, Carson) three month old beagle. If I can figure out how to add a picture to […]
Read More..>>today…
rain clouds…waking up alone…a bit of dread…a bit of melancholy…a lot of tears…messed up plans…broken heart…more dread…more tears…my beautiful little girls…a couple of messages from my boys…a phone call from my beautiful soon-to-be college grad…$3.99 per gallon gas…great traffic on the road trip…the beach…more rain clouds…ocean mist…watching the waves…reading a just-for-fun book…hanging with the dog…sand […]
Read More..>>missing “the days”…
I usually deal with change really well, often embracing it, asking it in for tea, sitting down with it and becoming very-well acquainted in a relatively short amount of time. I guess that is the fancy way of saying it doesn’t take me long to get comfortable with “new and different”. I moved to McMinnville […]
Read More..>>feelings, woe, woe, woe, feelings…
Grief is such an odd thing. I used to apply it only to death, but I’ve learned that grief is really a process that applies to a lot of life’s situations. We all experience loss in our lives ~ it may take on many forms, but remain, nonetheless, a loss. I am grieving the […]
Read More..>>addition and subtraction…
I recently read that Meister Eckhart, a 14th century Christian mystic, once said that the spiritual life is not so much a process of addition as a process of subtraction. (The Clearing Season, by Sarah Parsons, p. 84). I really resonate with that thought. I’ve spent the last six weeks moving through The Clearing Season, […]
Read More..>>i hate roller coasters…
Most people can’t believe it when I tell them that. I have the personality that one would think belongs to a person who would absolutely LIVE for the thrill of the ride. Couldn’t be further from the truth for this girl. I can’t stand ‘em - scared to death of them. In fact, the only […]
Read More..>>the pulse of god…
I go to the sea, for there, at peace, my soul converges with its source and turns its touch from earthly care and feels the pulse of God. One of my favorite authors and artists is Robert Sexton (www.robertsexton.com). My mother introduced me to his works, and I am not sure how she found him, but we […]
Read More..>>speaking softly…
I am going back to work full time next week - yep, turn out the lights, the party’s over. Sigh. Actually, this isn’t a bad thing at all. 1 - It is just hard to raise a family on even two salaries these days, let alone one and a half. Throw in a couple of […]
Read More..>>what if…
…all I ever wanted isn’t enough? I know, I know - it isn’t about what I want - but, still, what if all those “things” I was working toward, planning for, dreaming about…what if all those things aren’t enough? Or, worse yet, what if all those things aren’t “meant to be”? I embarked on this […]
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