Who doesn't like a tidy, clutter free, organized house? My hand is in the air. And I bet yours is too. Well I've been organizing and purging stuff from my house and it feels wonderful. It also is looking better. Not always in the open and living spaces, but behind cupboard and ... Read More
Things to Remember
When We Are Misunderstood
We have this deep need to be understood. To be approved of. To have others relate and agree with us. We desire others to understand what we say. What we do. And why we do what we do. Being misunderstood is hard. It is not fun to be questioned. To be misunderstood. To have wrong motives ... Read More
When Words Fail
Sometimes words fail us. I am telling hubby goodbye. Sitting in the car, I roll down the window and look at him standing in the driveway. He rests his hand on the edge of the window as I squint up at him. I am leaving for a week. Heading south. On the kitchen counter lies the itinerary. ... Read More
The Important Thing is Getting There
Last week I drove to Mississippi to visit my sister. I pass mile after mile of unplanted farmland. Slice across and down the state. Crisscross the corner of another state. Cross the bridge and drive over the Huckleberry Finn River, which is overflowing its banks. I touch Tennessee. I am on ... Read More
What’s the Plot Line of Your Journey?
What does your current journey look like? Do you sometimes look around and think you would rather be on someone else’s’ journey? A journey with fewer twists and turns? Or wish your journey liked a little more like Instagram? More beach days and less mess days. We may wish for a ... Read More
Failing with Grace
It seems opposites attract. Which includes my husband and me. He wants to arrive early. I like to arrive just on time. Can you see a problem? He will announce, “Time to go,” or ask, “are you ready to go?” half an hour before we need to be walking out the door. Even before he is ... Read More
Will the Real You Please Stand?
Do you ever see someone else and suddenly do a double take? Maybe they look like your twin. Are wearing something you own. Saying something you would say. Have the same name and hair color. Or they have some quirky mannerism you have been teased about all your life. Anyway, you stop ... Read More
What is Helping You Survive These Winter Months?
My grandparents headed to Arizona during the winter months, leaving me wondering why they left every year and why on Sunday nights we couldn’t visit them. Now with each passing winter, I understand more and more why they headed south. South towards the sun and warm balmy days. Heading ... Read More
