Challenges Help Change Us

Change – everyone is doing it, trying it or at least talking about it – especially this time of year.  People are trying to change things from the extra weight they gained from the holidays to the secret attributes of their personalities that deter them...

Pasts and Futures

I’m a DIY dummy.  But while I can’t do it myself, I love finding treasures that others have repurposed/upcycled/refurbished and made beautiful again.  There’s something about the character, tradition and memories associated with something old and established that...

I Wish…

I would beyond gladly give up everything tangible in my life ….would willingly trade it ALL in…would swap everything material I have or might ever have for one thing:  a magic wand. It doesn’t have to be pink and sparkly. It doesn’t have to...

How You Know When God Is Speaking To You

Lots of people want to know what God has to say to them specifically about the details of their lives.  Sometimes we would be happy with a general direction.  I have never been spoken to audibly, but the Holy Spirit speaks to my heart, and many times it is at the...

Unwrapping Gifts

Some days I feel so redundant. No….that wasn’t a type-o… I meant to put “I”. I feel redundant. Unnecessary. Not needed. An extra person just taking up space. My kids get everything done without me (Cue heavenly angelic chorus)…. My...