Today, in support of One Day Without Shoes, I'm going barefoot. I'm a clean freak, I'm a tenderfoot and I hate having dirty feet. Which is why I am doing this. By habit I had already put my shoes on this morning and walked out the door to take Bear to school and realized when I got home that this is something many people don't have the luxury of. It's not just that this is the most … [Read more...]
Fading Scars
I've really debated on posting this. Sometimes I feel like I over share, but whatever, that's why I created this blog to begin with! :) A Sam's Club bag of Ghirardelli double chocolate bittersweet chips is an arm's length away from me. Some weeks are defined in the good, the places visited and the friends, then other weeks are defined by the poundage of chocolate ate. I've noticed that if I get … [Read more...]
in general, mental instability among the crumbs and boxes
Oh, my friends. It has been a busy week. I have been cleaning, packing, organizing, and pulling my hair out. I think I have put too much mental stability in my house being non-filthy and disgusting. Every time I open my eyes, they are assaulted by disorganization, chaos and dirt. My heart hammers as I try to walk to my kitchen and trip over a box, then step in some cheerios from breakfast, gooey … [Read more...]
Shine
Someone said something to me that made total sense today. Not that that doesn't happen frequently, I'm blown away by the depth of my friends and people that I meet, but today someone said something that kind of rocked my world. She said, "God has called you to suffer right now," and I was wasn't impressed with that. Yeah. Just look at my life! then she continued, "but you are fighting it, which is … [Read more...]