All The Other Things
This post has been written for the Five Minute Friday link-up (even though it’s not Friday), where the word prompt of the week is other. ***** Sometimes it seems my life is consumed by all the other things. Does this happen to you? At the end of many a day, I realize (and sometimes […]
What I Learned This Winter
I’m linking up with Emily P. Freeman’s What We Learned link-up, where we are invited to come together to share the interesting things we’ve learned, whether serious, silly or somewhere in between. Here’s a list of some of the things I learned this winter. ***** 1. I have officially joined the Instant Pot craze. OK. […]
When We Want to Ask Why
This post is written for the link-up at Five Minute Friday, where this week’s word prompt is why. ***** In this week’s devotional reading, author & speaker Jennie Allen is speaking to me about suffering. It is a deep and painful topic, but something with which we all must come to terms. She says, […]
Being Intentional with our Intentions
Today’s post is written for the Five Minute Friday link-up, and the word prompt for this week is intentional. ***** Can I let you in on a secret? Being more intentional has been on my thoughts and mind for some time now. It’s an area where I feel like I need a great deal […]
A Year to Simplify
Today I’m writing again to join some friends over at the Five Minute Friday link-up. Things have been sparse for me with blog posts these past couple of months, first with my husband’s surgery, then the full-on rush of the wonderful holiday season, complicated with a bit of sickness. But I’m dying to write and […]
When Christmas Feels Different
I am happy to link this post with many others at Five Minute Friday, and today’s prompt is, different. ***** This Christmas feels a little different. It’s been an interesting year. I started the year sensing the word, “cherish”. But as the year progressed, it felt less like a year to cherish and more of […]
What I Learned this Fall
It’s one of the times I look forward to each quarter when I pause to look back and share what I’ve learned with you. I’m especially thankful to be linking up to Emily Freeman’s What We Learned post along with many other bloggers. Life has been a bit crazy around here, what with […]
In Our Time of Need
Today’s post is written for Five Minute Friday, and the word prompt for today is need. ***** One week and a day ago my husband was admitted to the hospital to have a stint put in place to open blocked heart arteries. He had had some symptoms checked out by his primary physician and […]
Discover
I’m writing this post (actually on Friday, no less!), for the link-up at Five Minute Friday, and today’s prompt is discover. ***** Discover. The word evokes feelings of adventure, of something exciting or unknown; not generally something I find or experience every day. And why not? Have I become so busy doing the mundane tasks […]
Why I Threw Out the Beef – A Post About Caring for Myself
I confess……I did it. I threw out over 3 pounds of ground beef today. After agonizing for at least a half hour, re-reading information about food safety (which I pretty much had already committed to memory) in hopes of finding one decent shred of information to convince me that it was safe, and […]