They collect nuts, it’s in their DNA. They choose which nuts they want, but nuts are about all they collect. They don’t have a choice in the matter. We, however, we get to choose what we collect. We get to choose what friends we…
These are the minutes that sit on the edge of one activity, looking into the horizons of the next. They are minutes we have very little control over physically, but are some of the most influential mentally. Many of mine are spent rocking my little girl to…
Yesterday, I dropped an entire glass gallon of milk on the wood floor in our kitchen. Miraculously it bounced top-first and landed unbroken on its side, speckling the dark wood on my kitchen floor with milky white droplets which escaped from the loosened top.…
Friends, we realize it has been a while since we have posted here, and we wanted to give you a little update. It has been a really adventurous start to 2015 for us!!! We feel more encouraged about this year than ever! At the beginning…
It can be so easy to rush from one thing to the next with a million things on our minds, constantly thinking, “What time is it? What time is it?” And not only is it easy to be busy and rushed, it’s often worn…
The taillights which had stopped red in the night just ahead of me seemed for once a relief. Traffic. Silence. Stillness. The red glow of the lights jolted my sluggish and congested mind. Even traffic is a gift when children are sleeping. Not twenty…
Recently, I’ve been thinking about how in all our busyness, life can seem to fly on by at breakneck speeds. I find myself thinking things like, “Wait, it’s the end of the month already? I thought the month just started!” It’s then I realize…
Personal Growth
The Rules of Coloring, or Why Perfect is a Perfect Place to Hide But a Terrifying Place to Live
A few days ago my son and I were drawing and coloring an imaginary town on a neatly flattened cardboard box. The town had a scenic road which curled past houses, lots of trees, and even a stately brick church with a gold bell…
I just made my first dollar (well, $4.02 to be exact) from the book I wrote and put up on Amazon!!! (!!!!!) Finally seeing a spark of progress on something you have worked very hard on and offered to the world (with shaking hands)…
Joanne Miller, along with Dorsey McHugh, recently released their new book, Be Your Finest Art. It is a book packed with pictures, quotes, and stories of how everyday people (including me!) have awakened their creative side and have been radically changed! Because I think the message…
