Inside: A gentle response that could lower the temperature of contentious arguments, plus advice from my dad about how to become a more gracious person.
I once had a difficult conversation with my dad. The details aren’t important; the point is that our disagreement was intense.
My dad listened to all my arguments. Rather than rebut them with his own, he calmly said, “I don’t look at it that way.”
Inside: The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to buckle down and finish projects that have been loitering on our to-do lists for far too long. ~ Several months ago, Randy called us all together to help him with a project. We went around the house, room …
Inside: Favorite books, most-viewed blog posts, lessons my daughters taught me and a cross section of blessings from the past 12 months. Where did the year go? I feel like I’ve said this about the previous month in almost every Share Four Somethings post I’ve done this year, and it …
Inside: What we can learn from the dawn as we reflect on 2022 and look forward to a brand new year. Some years, I can look back on the word I chose for the past 12 months and notice—sometimes to the point of goosebumps—how relevant and timely it was for …
Inside: Comfort and encouragement for those who have lost a loved one in recent years and struggle with grief at Christmas. ~ Four years ago, keeping Christmas saved me. In 2018, I spent many December days running around like a chicken with my head cut off—to see my dad at …
Inside: What I’m loving this month, a book about grief for Little Women fans, braving constructive feedback and a glimpse of my daughter’s awesome creativity. As I write this, my family and I are driving home from North Dakota, where we spent Thanksgiving break with Randy’s family. One of the …