For months on end I've been bound by the unfinished. Projects, post, prayers, maintenance, medications, ministries and ideas... They pile high on my table, spill into list form in my planner and sound alarms on my phone for fear that I'll forget to complete something. When I do accomplish a task it feels so good to check… Continue reading When You’re Undone by Unfinished Business
Chalk up Day 6 with no coffee. None. Not even a cup. It's been a grievous experiment to say the least as I try and figure out what's been causing the source of my swallowing and sinus maladies lately. When antibiotics failed to do the trick Dr. Google pointed me to "silent reflux" - which… Continue reading What We All Wish For
As I pulled on my awkward snow boots last week- the ones that gave me blisters in Niagara Falls all those years ago but I have yet to replace- I thought about the dark purple and grey fur lined pair I wore everywhere when I was a kid. Spring, fall, winter, summer- it didn't matter. They… Continue reading Fashioning a Life of Wisdom
Against better judgment, I paid the nice lady two dollars for the pitiful thing at an estate sale last fall. Contained in a tiny red pot I carted this forlorn Christmas cactus home forgetting that I do not possess the greenest of thumbs. Remember the Mother's Day orchid? How about the hydrangea bush languishing in the front yard? One… Continue reading Cultivating the Treasures of a New Year
When I was little our church had the most magnificent Christmas tree I'd ever seen. With the tallest of the men on 12 foot ladders I still don't know how they reached the top. Decorating stretched into the evening as children eager with anticipation for the adults to finish stringing lights (so many lights...) waited for the real… Continue reading How Did Christmas Find You?
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