Daily Thoughts
A Celebration of Great Joy
The beginning of the year for us translates into birthday season; birthday season falls just after the New Year with its short days and long nights of winter and just before Easter with its longer days and shorter nights of springtime. All three women in our household...
They Make Room for Me
When we first moved to North Carolina we rented a single family home that included two garages, a sun porch room, a kitchen, a dining room and a living space that allowed for a reading nook for my then young readers as well as a living room space set up closer to the...
Never Too Soon to Reminisce
When we first saw the trailer for Inside Out 2, I remember my 16 year old telling me she wanted to see it in the theater. Going to the theater isn’t something we’d done a lot over the years, choosing to watch new movies at home where we could pause and rewind or fast...
Being Independent Together
When I was growing up and we were in math class, there was a strong focus on the importance of us doing math without the use of a calculator. The argument for this, as you probably know, was that clearly we wouldn’t have access to calculators everywhere we went. Oh,...
A Good Morning Routine
I am not a morning person, and, yet, I love mornings. Well, I love them once I pry myself out of my bed and head downstairs for some coffee and quiet time in my favorite chair. I enjoy the predictable routine and rhythm of my morning alone time with God, my Bible, my...
An Elixir of Laughter
In her book, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage, Anne Lamott has a wonderful quote about laughter: "Laughter is carbonated holiness," and on Instagram, she added it is also oxygenation and salvation. What I like about her description is how laughter and her...
Days of Small Joys
Have you ever looked out the window at the day and been struck by its incredible and perfect beauty? Whether the perfect shade of blue of the sky overhead that your eyes can capture in the limited view of the window or the sight of a small bird, maybe a robin, maybe a...
Abuzz with Connections
I remember when I was a young girl and I used to exchange handwritten letters with a couple of different people in my life, one a great aunt and other a penpal I’d been connected to through a school project. I would spend a good amount of time crafting my letters,...
What Do You Know?
the winding path of learning (photo by silviarita on Pixabay) As a parent, I want to admit that I love being surprised by my teenagers, whether I am surprised by a gift they give me, a drawing they choose to share with me, or when I realize they know way more about...