I hate my life. Well, not really. But a couple of years ago, I thought those words with a vengeance. I live in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. For a number of years, I worked for a company located about seventeen miles from my house. Every morning I joined the millions of other commuters…
My husband embodies wonder. Have you ever known someone like that? When he’s driving, he will pull over and get out to take a photo of anything that strikes him as beautiful: clouds, fog, trees, water. When I’m rushed, this tendency of his annoys me. When I am present in the moment, I giggle at…
At the end of his letter to the Thessalonians, the apostle Paul gives these instructions: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thess. 5:16-18 ESV). To me, these are some of the most challenging words in the Bible. See,…
Thanksgiving break, a three-day reprieve from classes and practices (unless there is a game Saturday) used to be filled with packing and cleaning and traveling and extended family. But the year I spent throwing up in the middle of the night from exhaustion put an end to our Thanksgiving travels. It was a hard decision,…
I know almost everyone blogs about being thankful in November. I am not here to say it’s a bad idea, nor would I ever fault someone for it. In fact, I try to practice gratitude on a daily basis. But to blog about it in November just wasn’t my cup of tea. That is, until…
Thanks to the hordes of beautifully designed gratitude quotes on Pinterest which followed Oprah’s introduction to “Gratitude Journals,” saying thank you has become trendy, especially in autumn when Thanksgiving is on our minds. My Facebook feed is chock full of daily posts from friends who, for thirty days, post one thing every day for which…