Yes, we all want to breathe. Not just survive our days, but take deep breaths. Live fully. Savor. When we rise each morning, we breathe in before stampeding through the day. At night, we exhale in exhaustion. Never taking the time to be still and breathe in. We know things need to change. Something needs to change in order to make our life more still. To make room for breathing in and finding time to seek God we must first…
Can I share a secret? It may be that you already know it….. I have always loved writing. As a little girl reading was a favorite pastime. I read through almost the entire children’s section in the library during my girlhood.  After reading Anne Frank’s diary, I longed to put words together myself. I began with the spiral notebooks and filled up pages (and pages) of just my adolescent thoughts. I loved it. I kept doing it. Year after year, after year.  Literature…
Monday was such an amazing day! I don’t get to say that often, but my Monday the other day was so productive! Sure, we had our usual meltdowns, but I was able to get so many things accomplished! I unloaded the dishwasher BEFORE breakfast. School wasn’t as much of a fight. Everyone liked lunched. I completed 4 loads of laundry by the end of the day (completed = washed, dried, folded, and put away). *This is HUGE you all!* I even ironed…
I hope this series has been an encouragement to you. Â Hymns remind me of my growing up years. Â I remember taking piano lessons and when I was around nine years old I was able to learn to play hymns. Â I loved it. Â I felt so humbled and blessed to learn the songs that saints have been singing for hundreds of years. The words in this last hymn were written in 1758. Can words that were penned over 250 years ago…