Last year I posted LEARNING & LOVING and thought it would be fun to turn this into a monthly letter. One where we share back and forth. Celebratory chain-mail, if you will. But not the weird kind, like if you sign up then suddenly you get gremlin stickers in droves. In no particular order, here’s what I’m LEARNING & LOVING …
A Baker’s Dozen: 13 Reads & Inspirations
A stranger rang our doorbell and asked if I was selling the vintage doors propped along the street’s view of our Wonder Home. I smiled and looked at my hubby. See buddy? All those years you’ve teased me about collecting old windows, doors, clocks…? Thankyouverymuch. Before I knew it the guy was in our house, looking around, commenting on the bookcase and …
When Life Isn’t As it Seems
I had the strangest dream last night. I came downstairs (Ty apparently got his wish to live in a two-story house) only to notice the first floor flooded. Dark hardwood planks buckled under the kitchen table and chairs tilted precariously from the warped floor. I remember kneeling down, touching the planks, wondering where the water was coming from. And then the panic came. …
Confessions of a New Author: How Reading Big Magic freed me to Write
I’m not sure how I stumbled upon Liz Gilbert’s Big Magic late last year, but her words were divinely timed. As if the good Lord plopped it in this lap and grinned, All truth is My truth. Enjoy. I’d just signed a book contract, was feeling all the feelings about birthing a baby in the form of pages and a …
Being Available
There are a lot of BEING’s I can work on.
BEING patient.
BEING thick-skinned.
BEING prepared with meals-and-birthday-cards-and-calling-people-more.
But lately, I’m drawn to Jesus’ example of BEING available.