by Shannon | Aug 28, 2022 | Encourage, Faith, Inspire, Life in general, Shannon
(This post was written a few weeks ago….) Exactly one week ago I was somewhere over remote Northeast Canada on my way to Dallas. I was so ready to be home… and so exhausted. A week later, and 100 years older, I realize that I had no idea what the word exhausted...
by Louise | Oct 15, 2021 | Encourage, Faith, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
After years of writing (here, in my journal, and in my millions of half-finished notebooks around the house) about life with kids and navigating their baby years, tween years and teenage years, it’s finally here: the dreaded “empty nest.” We dropped...
by KMGuru | Jan 29, 2020 | Faith, Gwen
Sunday morning I found myself in church at a homeless mission in Ft. Worth. I was sitting in the pew and the stench was pungent. I realized it was me. I had been there for 2 days without a shower. I looked around me and wondered at the grace of God. How easily I could...
by Shannon | Sep 17, 2019 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
Once you get past your 21st birthday, there is nothing super exciting about your age creeping upward. Except maybe being able to rent a car anywhere when you turn 25. But I’m not sure that counts. The Bible says “young” people are the ones dreaming...
by Shannon | May 21, 2019 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
Gratitude. That’s a very strong little thing that can make all the difference. It can turn frustration into acceptance, loss into hope, fear into confidence and “what if’s” into “Thank you’s“. I made a promise 8 years ago to remember what God did for my family during...
by Louise | Aug 23, 2018 | Faith, Inspire, Louise
Every day is better when I start the morning with my simple routine: wake up early, coffee (always first), some quiet time reading scripture or a devotional, and prayer. It gets me in the right frame of mind – at peace, looking forward. Last spring I noticed...
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