What Our Tears Tell Us
tears of grief i’m fascinated by the research of rose-lynn fisher on the topography of tears. have you seen this? it’s a study of 100 photographed tears through a standard light microscope. going...
View ArticleOur Pseudo Summer
The last few weeks have felt like pseudo summer. Living in the half relax. It feels like summer, but it doesn’t. We swim. We play outside. We eat ice cream. And, then we spend equal amounts of time at...
View ArticleNoticed
It’s Sunday. I wake up before anyone; only to doze off for a wild dream and abruptly come to – rendering sleep to where it now shall wait, the days end. I make a coffee. Decaf unfortunately. But...
View ArticleJoy, Sadness + Spending My Life Sharing Hope
Heaven knew we needed each other. In the 1980’s and the here and now. This is a story, a tribute, a mini-memoir, of my relationship with grandma who spent the last year of her life mentoring me. I...
View ArticleWise Words for the Week
I just wanted you to have these words. I needed them and wanted to keep them where I can return to them. Each line is one to meditate on: Trust the wait (Sometimes life gives us no other option but to...
View ArticleMore or Less
Why I’ve waited to write out goals this year and how more is sometimes better than less. It’s New Years and everyone adding and subtracting. Adding new goals. Subtracting bad habits. I’ve always been...
View ArticleExpecting Love
To all the lonely hearts. Loneliness doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter if you are alone or together. Married or single. Young or old. Today is the day where together is celebrated, a holiday for...
View ArticleA Few Ways to Feel More Like Yourself
A few thoughts and getting to know yourself, no matter your age. (I’m about to hit a mile marker number). Here is the thing . . . In less than two months I will be forty. 40! Maybe you are a long...
View Article30 Days of Becoming The True You
Otherwise titled: 30 Days to 40. Otherwise titled: “Who other’s say I am, is not who I am. Who I think I am is not entirely who I am.” Keep reading to join this 30-day journey (re-set) with me . . ....
View ArticleSummer Edit
Hello, Lovelies! I’m super excited to share, with you, my very first Summer Edit–a beautiful 8-page download that includes favorite summer reads, products, snacks, soulful living, a prayer for summer...
View ArticleFree Like the 4th of July
On Change. On what has a hold on us. On Freedom. The 4th of July always makes me feel free. Or, at least, it did. Not so much because I’m free from England (I love England almost as much as I love...
View ArticleThere is Always a Choice
Have you ever felt so completely stuck? Like you are flat out of options. Like choice is a luxury. Me too . . . (this is a re-post from my Instagram. I wanted to share in this space as I know not...
View ArticleWhen Quiet Becomes Loud
Quiet can be so loud. I wonder if you know this too? Quiet can be so loud. It has been a loud summer in which I’ve had to be quiet. Yes, the kids were all kinds of screams and splashing and swimming...
View ArticleBeing Real and Blogging
Why I’m having a hard time with blogging and social media lately . . . Aren’t we all trying to reconcile ourselves on screen and off? Finding the balance of being private and vulnerable. Staying the...
View ArticleThe Power of Thank You
There is power in “Thank you.” A few ways to bring change and be changed by the words you were taught when you were, likely, two. “Thank you” is for others, but it is also for you. It’s that time of...
View ArticleAnxiety is Redundant
The other week I wrote a post on Instagram about anxiety. It struck a nerve. With so many others dealing with anxiety and fear, I wanted to offer a few promises (for download) that I’m keeping before...
View ArticleEverything will be Alright
A little note for the stressed, the frazzled, the uncertain. RELAX, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT. Did you know it actually says this in the Bible? In more than one place (Jude 1, Lamentations 3:57...
View ArticleLa La Lovely Book + GIVEAWAY
I’m so thrilled to finally be able to share my book cover with you! If you are a subscriber (if not….sign up here!) then you already got a sneak peek at the interior as well. The other exciting news...
View ArticleGoal As You Go
I want to give you permission to goal as you go. Are you feeling the pressure to pursue it all? Be it all? Squeeze into it all (my pants are so tight right now–please tell me I’m not alone. No...
View ArticleExpecting Love
To all the lonely hearts. Loneliness doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter if you are alone or together. Married or single. Young or old. Today is the day where together is celebrated, a holiday for...
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