A quick and handy guide to get your lists and life under the control of a life-settling Savior!
Hello Lisa. Happy Mother’s Day. I drove past St Pauls Church. I saw your tree in full bloom. My eyes welled up with tears as I remembered you, my precious fellow mother. I remember days we stood side-by-side watching our girls do crazy things. I remember when they appeared coated head to toe in farm … Continue reading The Extra Mother
I paid the guy $50 to clear my driveway on Sunday. On Monday I was back shoveling my driveway. I guess I’m glad the guy shoved the first layer of ice off. I just wasn’t expecting to be shoveling another three inches Monday. This article is about shoveling snow. This article is about life. We … Continue reading Single In A Snow Drift or: No matter where you are in life, keep pushing on.
I’ve been sharing my Top Ten Tips to Cope for the past few months. Since I’m 67, well, you can guess it’s taken me a while to figure out this coping stuff. I’m still working on it. But, life and loss (and God’s help!) through the years have taught me a few tough lessons. Today’s … Continue reading The Work of Healing
I’m walking around a parking lot. Thinking. I’ve flown away again. I’ve flown to find piles of hurricane ruin still standing. No roof. No home. A parking lot walk is a good option in this restless place. I walk around my car which is piled high with my personal belongings. They were rescued last … Continue reading Joie de Vivre!
Sorry I’ve missed you the past few weeks. I’ve been absorbed in salvaging. Webster defines salvaging as: The act of saving something extracted (as from rubbish) as valuable or useful. It seems I’ve been doing a lot of salvaging in the last two years. I’ve relied on God to help me find good stuff … Continue reading Salvaging Life
I’ve got pretty good vision, but I’ve been having trouble seeing lately. There’s a drape of confusion and pain covering stuff around me and, I have to admit, it’s hard for me to see beyond my loss. God’s patient with me, though. He’ll help me figure it out. God will help you figure … Continue reading Looking Beyond Loss
Sometimes I walk a windswept beach. An orange ball dips. Golden light settles on the horizon. Sunset prize over, other beach walkers move back inside. I’m alone. I walk and let the dark shore cloak me. Peace pulls at my toes. Weary waves sing me home. Sometimes I walk down 21 stairsteps to a mosaic … Continue reading Don’t Worry: Walk!
(****This is the second post in my series on How to Cope with Tough Times****) I’m not a dancer but I love to dance. Most of my movements are deemed goofy by my kids. As a matter of fact, for about 20 years, while they were home, I relegated dancing to the basement. … Continue reading When in Doubt…Dance
I can’t say the word: “whimsical” without smiling. There’s something about the word. Whimsy is like a joyful secret no one knows but you. ✅ When times are tough, it doesn’t hurt to be a bit whimsical. ✅ Celebrate the silliness of the senses. ✅ Notice the music of the mundane. ✅ … Continue reading Whimsical
Confessions of a Type A Woman 