Is forty the new thirty?

by | Apr 19, 2016 | Trends

It seems like everywhere we look, thirty is the magic number. Thirty days to a new you, Whole30, thirty easy make-ahead crockpot meals, thirty-minute meals, you get the idea. For the last year or so, forty has been a much more important number for me, though, and it...

Hungry for Sacred

by | Apr 14, 2016 | Life Issues

Two years ago, I entered into the most sacred three months of my entire life. My beautiful mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer at 62 and was given weeks, to perhaps a month or two, to live. She was gently told by doctors that there was nothing they could do. Upon...

Times of Refreshing

by | Apr 11, 2016 | Faith

God promises us that He will grant us times of refreshing as His daughters.  Maybe these times will actually involve spa treatments or hot bubble baths, or some other kind of physical relaxation.   I’m not sure what relaxation looks like for you from day to day, but...

Rooted and Grounded

by | Apr 7, 2016 | Faith

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Home is where the heart is”? Have you ever watched the movie? It’s a real tear-jerker, as Natalie Portman plays Novalee Nation, a pregnant teenager stranded in WalMart with only $5.55 in her pocket. I am in the middle of the book right...

Life Interrupted

by | Apr 7, 2016 | Life Issues

I had been walking through life – back to work Mondays, over the hump Wednesdays, almost there Thursdays, when… trip, stumble, fly forward, throw my hands out, drop to my knees and STOP! Ouch! I landed sprawled on the cold cement sidewalk, catching my breath,...