A friend who is doing #whole30 told me recently that they say to stay away from “foods with no brakes”. Such great advise. Advise I am attempting to follow. So far so good. This single shift in thought about food is really healthy and helping me already. It helps to take away the need to […]

 “Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37:37‬ ‭NLT‬‬ http://bible.com/116/psa.37.37.nlt   This verse jumped off the pages to me and made me think about all the students going back to school this month. My two are starting high school, and college. For all of […]

Happy Monday! Today I thought I would simply share with you about an hour’s worth of notes from listening to this popular book called “The Lifechanging Majic of Tidying Up” in case you haven’t been able to read it yet. It will only take a few minutes to glance over these notes and take the […]

We all know people and have probably been people who have used words that could be described by all of the above adjectives. But stop for a minute. Who do you think of as someone whose speech is merciful? We all know that sweet hearted person and oh they make us feel loved and accepted […]

The Harvard Grant Study was a 75 year long most elaborate study ever done that scientifically proved the secret to a happy life. After following hundreds of people through 75 years, the final analysis was this – The secret to happiness is love. Full stop.    There is is more detail of this in my […]

Many of you might know my mother went to heaven nine days ago and her service was held this last Tuesday. She fought a long hard battle against lung cancer. She is forever my hero. She died in faith. What a treasure. How I already miss her so.    At her service I read these […]

That smile warmed me when I was unsure, encouraged me when I didn’t know which way to go. That smile lit up every room with love, pierced through tension like a knife, and calmed the raging seas. Oh how I’ll miss that smile!  That smile was rarely ever stressed, never bent out of shape. Just […]

It has been said “A secret of happiness is freedom and a secret of freedom is courage.” As I think of these words I picture men and women on the battlefield courageously giving their lives for my freedom. I wonder how happy they were in those dreadful moments. Some would argue that happiness was the […]

   “Oh it’s just small potatoes.” “Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff”  “Get over it. You got this.”  “Suck it up buttercup.”   We’ve all heard these quotes. We all respond differently to them, perceive  them differently, and have varying degrees of likeness for the sayings.    When I read the following […]

That is a phrase the Lord gave my husband years ago that has been like an anchor to steady us when it would have been easy to quit, change vocations, or just plain jump ship. Actually the whole phrase was this: There is joy in the call and satisfaction in fulfilling it.    How awesome […]