I feel fairly comfortable sharing my weaknesses here- it's a safe place for me and I feel anyone that comes here and decides to stay and read is doing it because they want to. I'm not shouting from a soapbox on a street corner, commanding people to pay attention to me- instead I feel sometimes like we are having a quiet conversation in a dimly lit coffee bar, as we lounge on comfortable chairs … [Read more...]
My job has taken me all over this summer. I have spent time in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. I have been traveling to visit family's, have meeting at other programs and I went to conference. These trips have given me some great adventures each time however, probably the most profound time has been the last week I have had. Last week myself and Jenna went to … [Read more...]
Lucy Pevensie: They're so still. Trumpkin: The trees? What did you expect? Lucy Pevensie: They used to dance. From Prince Caspian How often is this a picture of us... of me...? At moments we dance and then at others we are so still and stoic. This quote has always been such a powerful statement to me. I recently re-read something that I had written several years ago and I was … [Read more...]
I've shooed my boys outside and I am hearing laughter as they play together which is like salve on my heart. The weather is perfect and I love having my doors open. Over the last few months I've seen them really begin to enjoy each other for the first time. It's spring time and I'm enjoying their blooming relationship more than even the trees and flowers, which is cheesy to say but true. The … [Read more...]
