Happy spring! I am a lover of winter, but even I have my limits. Here’s to daffodils and peony shoots and birds chirping loudly in the morning.
My college girl and I were busy thrifting and running errands and visiting an art gallery and French pastry shop last week, so I didn’t have much time to come up with the usual Four Somethings for this monthly linkup.
I missed a gorgeous sunrise the other day. It was during my younger daughter’s spring break, so my schedule was already a little wonky. Randy was home sick, which made it even more so. I finally got outside to run just when the sky was finishing its glorious display. As …
I haven’t confirmed it, but I have a feeling Philippians 1:6 is underlined in every Bible I’ve ever owned: “I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (HCSB) This verse was a …
The grief experts call them secondary losses—those poignant times when a loved one who would have been there is not there, and, no matter how long it’s been, his or her absence is felt, sadly and deeply. It could be a milestone life event like a wedding or graduation. A …
No doubt, the world is a heavy place these days. What’s weighing you down might be different from what’s weighing me down. It might be the exact opposite thing, in fact. That seems to be how it is right now, in all sorts of categories.
I’ve mostly been thinking of my One Word for 2022 as a noun—dawn, the beginning of a new day. But it serves as a verb too, as in when a potentially important thought occurs to us out of the blue. For me, this usually happens in the shower, or maybe …