Clean Underwear

Yes, it’s Monday morning – well, perhaps now it’s afternoon (technically), but regardless of the exact time on the clock I’m feeling a bit sarcastic today. It actually feels good to be “on my game” this morning! The last four and a...

Watch Your Language

As parents, we are often correcting our children, telling them not to say something, no more potty talk, to “Watch your language!” But as adults, sometimes we need to check ourselves, to watch our OWN language. I’m not talking about swearing or...

Let It Go

No, this isn’t a post about the movie Frozen – of which I still have only seen the first two minutes and the last two minutes (usually I put on a movie so I can get some stuff done – rarely do I sit and watch with the kids, and if I do, then...

Sometimes We Think We’re Busy

We all have days or even weeks like this: the piles of laundry, the sink full of dishes, the unswept and unvacuumed floors, the unmade beds, the phone calls and emails to return, the deposits to be made and the checkbook to balance, the appointments to schedule, the...

Grocery Store Therapy

My focus the last several months has really been on getting my book done. The reading, editing, re-reviewing chapters; the cover design; the interior layout… all of it. It all takes time and energy and skill and knowledge – and thank goodness I have a team...

Do You Have Hope?

Hope. Small word. Big meaning. What does hope mean for you? What do you feel when you have hope? What do you feel when hope is gone, lost, absent from your life? This word – HOPE – has been showing up in my life a lot lately. It was the basis of several...