Life Lesson: Life Cycles

You hear devastating news and everything in your body, your mind, everything says no. It’s not always direct. It’s not always obvious. But if you look closely, if you’re paying attention — you see it. The resistance, denial, pushing away, pulling away, running away. It might just be our attention or body language. It may…

Light In The Darkness

As I sat down to write this weekend I felt at a loss for words that could accurately describe gratitude in a world where there is so much darkness. The terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday only bring to a forefront the atrocities that are continually happening across our world daily. Most don’t even make…

Thankful Thursday: Status Quo

There’s much to be thankful for in our own little world these days. Everyone seems to be relatively happy, healthy and content. And frankly, that really is enough. But the gift of it all can be lost in our blessed experience. We are comfortable, we are cared for, we are OK in all the basic ways…

Thankful Thursday: When Nothing Feels Like It’s Going Your Way

How do you find gratitude and thankfulness when you feel like you’re in the middle of a S$%^ storm? I’m not sure. I woke up late Tuesday, realized my husband was also supposed to be up and he was late. I woke him up and after 10 minutes of groggy conversation and confusion he realized…

Thankful Thursday: Keeping Connection

I’ll let you in on a little secret, it’s probably not really a secret, but Lowi and I would write this blog even if nobody read it. It’s true and I can prove it because there have been days when nobody read it 🙂 We want to reach out, meet new people, stay in touch…