To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. (Isaiah 61:3 NLT) I love tree pose and I love trees.…
I’ve found that writing in the moment of a thought or a feeling has done me much better as of late than sitting on something to write about and work through later. So right now, I’m writing from the passenger seat of our family van on the way home from vacation. We’re in the rainy…
About a week ago, my mother and I took my 7 year old daughter to New York City on a trip organized by her school. I went to New York in 2014 and visited the city for a few hours one day, and ever since then, she’s been saying that seeing it for herself –…
I’ve been mulling over the idea of happiness for years, but every once in a while, a small little moment slaps me in the face with these amazing and wonderful realizations. I saved the picture above a few weeks ago to my phone just because I thought it was cute. I never had any…
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. | Og Mandino You reap what you sow. And about a week ago or so, I was seriously considering sowing some rotten seeds just to be spiteful for rotten seeds being planted in a garden close to mine. But I’m thankful for…
Yesterday had been a day, y’all. And not necessarily for good reasons. I was brutally reminded what happens when you join someone else’s fight, and defend yourself, what you believe in, and those who may not be able to defend themselves. Last night I went to bed consumed by hate. Not that I hated anyone, but…
Maybe because I just listened to a message at church about “not checking your brain at the door” (about how intellectual people can be people of great faith), or maybe I’m just petty, or possibly a little hormonal (not pregnant, just female), but on our way home today, as we listened to our local Christian…
