I woke up Sunday morning feeling like I'd been run over by a truck - but a pretty vintage one at least - think baby blue Chevy with a spare tire on the side like my great-grandfather used to own... or the refashioned turquoise trailer seen here selling soap across the way the day before... Family… Continue reading A Ministry by Design
Somewhere beneath the piles - paper flowers, dusty estate sale trinkets, granny's hankies, mounds of junk jewelry, musty trunks, too many pieces of dark furniture and odds and ends patiently waiting to be chalk painted - you'll find me. I'll be the one looking harried, covered in glue, some ink and a whole lot of sanding… Continue reading Color Changing Words
Planted just near the end of my evening stroll with a wide board walk stoop and tin roof stands an old nameless building. In a former life it may have served as a gas station given it's wide bay door off to the side but driving by now, one would hardly find it a refreshing oasis on… Continue reading How to Own the Business of Being You
Everything is temporary. For a month I've been pondering that statement tucked away in the recesses of my mind. As an older friend of ours at church handed out boxes of homemade fudge at Christmas and then courageously and gracefully shared the news that he was facing an Alzheimer's diagnosis, this was his follow up statement: Everything… Continue reading Finding Meaning in the Things That Last
Let New Year's Eve 2015 mark the first time I took down Christmas before the new year dawned... please hold your applause...! Behold a Christmas Tree deconstructed... Also I made a smoothie for lunch that day. A healthy fruit filled drink... no Fritos in sight... And I rang in the New Year in high style...Sound asleep… Continue reading Five Steps for a Redesigned Life
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