Sometimes I feel like I’m a bad pray-er, usually because I’m not eloquent in my prayers or they turn into more of a wish list. But sometimes my mind wanders when I am praying, and sometimes I’m just not sure what to say. Maybe I’m being too hard on myself by focusing on the wrong…
Every morning my dog waits patiently to be let outside for his morning explorations. When I open the back door, he can’t contain his excitement and virtually bursts out into the yard. He looks almost like a deer as he leaps to the fence to see if his doggy neighbor is outside. Then he jumps…
Some days I just want to get away all by myself. My fantasy getaway is either a cute cabin with a scenic view of beautiful trees and a lake, or a simple cottage on a beach where I can watch crashing waves and stunning sunsets. Although it’s nice to dream, these scenarios are unlikely to…
As the lazy days of summer slowly fade away, most of us are getting back into the swing of things with the new school year. I’m a teacher, and while I love summer and the freedom and flexibility, I also love the beginning of a new school year. It’s a fresh start, time to be…
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV) Adventure. Living with wild abandon. Spontaneity. Embracing the journey. These are all words and phrases I love. Do they describe me? No. Do I live those like those words matter to me? Nope. Then why…
This year my oldest child turned eighteen and graduated from high school, and it was harder for me to let her take this step into adulthood than I thought. From the time we became parents, part of my and my husband’s parenting philosophy has been that we are raising our children to leave us, to…