Some of my favorite memories growing up were from when we heated with a wood burning stove. It was our children's job to keep our woodbox stocked and I delighted in bundling up with layer upon layer then piling our sleds high and pulling them through the powdery snow to the back door. Sometimes we'd … Continue reading The Complexities of Staying Warm
Gaining a Week
Sitting at my desk and looking at my calendar I realized that I had an entire week I'd forgotten about. This morning while writing in my prayer journal I'd been looking at the next three weeks and feeling a bit overwhelmed about how much I had going on - including going to Florida twice within … Continue reading Gaining a Week
The Season of May
It's May - that whimsical time of year when we were allowed to start going barefoot each year back when I was growing up. Our parents told us that was the rule until we started paying our own medical bills, and then we could go barefoot whenever we wanted. There's probably not many adults who … Continue reading The Season of May
Priority List
I read a few weeks ago that if you call something a season of life or short term, but then it continues for months and eventually years, then it's not just a season, it's now your life. And I think about that a lot. Life can get super busy. There are times when I don't … Continue reading Priority List
A Day in My Life {Tuesday, March 14th}
6:00 - Woke up, looked through my calendar, thought over the day, and drifted in and out of sleep 6:30 - Got up, put on an At the Table podcast by Patrick Lencioni and got ready for the day (including making my bed and feeding my cat/cleaning out the litter box, and checking the wood … Continue reading A Day in My Life {Tuesday, March 14th}
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