Quarantine is a great time to start a new project. Everyone I know is renovating, cleaning out closets, and organizing their homes. My dresser drawers are all Marie Kondo-ed, thanks to my daughter who ran out of things to organize at her place. My...
I am longing for Spring today. I need to see something grow. New green tender shoots of something — anything. I’d take a dandelion today. I want fresh new growth in my soul. Cool spring water bubbling up in my spirit, bathing my heart in refreshment...
Good question. One that made my teenagers groan in frustration. Teen: I’m hungry. Me: What would you like to do about that? Teen: Make me a snack. Me: Well, I’m busy with work and it’s not suppertime yet. The kitchen is all yours. Knock yourself out...
Be nice. Nice girls don’t. That wasn’t nice. How nice of you. You’re too nice. All things that have been said to me. Also said by me: I was just trying to be nice. What was my objective by trying to be nice? I was trying to elevate my image. I...
We are born. We die. In between the moments and days and calm and chaos … there are collisions. Good ones. Bad ones. Accidental ones. They all matter. They all serve our story if we are alert enough to notice them. I was very young. My dog was...
Photo by Elias Maurer on Unsplash Love is a grand and glorious thing. It takes many forms. It is elusive. It is mysterious. It is blood, sweat, and tears. It is pain. It is sacrifice. It is elation. Some times it hurts. It covers a multitude of sins...
Photo by Maksim Shutov on Unsplash It’s a whole new year! I find that exciting. A fresh start. A clean slate. But is it really? I can’t simply erase everything that has come before. I bought a new pen a few months ago to go with a new...
Photo by Kristina Tripkovic on Unsplash I look out my window and see a picture perfect landscape covered with fresh snow sparkling in the sunshine, against a backdrop of the spectacular Canadian Rockies and a robins egg blue sky. I smile as I think...
Sometimes you’re the mallet, sometimes you’re the mole. Last week I was the mallet. I felt great. I was sleeping well. My depression wasn’t symptomatic. For the first time in almost a year I had absolutely no trouble getting out of bed in the...
Sometimes awesome happens in the hallway. Today for instance. I was at the church office for a quick meeting. On my way out, I met someone coming in. We stopped for a minute to say hi. And awesome happened. We know each other through worship arts...
