Did you do your final check in the mirror today, making sure everything was just so? Did you find yourself murmuring that eternal question of comparison: Mirror, mirror on the wall. . . How about your heart? Did you remember to do a beauty check on that, too? That’s where we say beauty […]
Archives for July 2013
I Need You and You Need Me
July 26, 2013 By 16 Comments
I got busted this week. Yup. Little old happy me. The charge? The Misdemeanor of Keeping it to Myself. “I had no idea you were going through that,” a friend wrote to me after reading about my frustrating season of unemployment. Uh oh. She was right. I hadn’t shared it with my closest […]
Living in the In-Between
July 22, 2013 By 39 Comments
Last night we learned my nephew has a brain tumor. This morning I stand on my porch, birdsong welcoming the day as though nothing has changed, the whisper-soft breeze carrying muted sounds of distant lives. Such a dramatic change from last night, when booming thunder struck a match, setting off a brilliant lightning […]
How being wrecked by unemployment was a great thing
July 19, 2013 By 12 Comments
Jeff Goins wrote about getting wrecked, and doing something different, something uncomfortable, partly because we long to be part of a bigger story. While I never would have chosen unemployment as my ultimate Wrecked Moment—how about something easier and more of a conversation starter, like a stateside mission trip?—it was where the sum of […]
Double delightfulness, and an exciting announcement, too
July 15, 2013 By 13 Comments
I have two tasty and practical treats for you today, my friends. Think of these as being as delicious as a cone full of lip-smacking soft-serve vanilla, paired with a crispy, chocolately cookie, while containing all the nutrition and calories of broccoli. First up is my latest contribution at the Happy Wives Club. Talking […]
The 5 Why’s: A simple problem-solving technique
July 9, 2013 By 37 Comments
Do you ever feel like you are going to crack under the frustration and feelings of being overwhelmed by a problem you haven’t been able to solve? Your solution might have been to head to the fridge for a pint of ice cream—that is a single serving, right?—into the living room to watch some escapist […]
Being the Johnny Appleseed of Encouragement
July 1, 2013 By 18 Comments
When you encourage others, you are sowing for the future just as Johnny Appleseed did. Do you remember the legend? This folk hero wandered the west planting thousands and thousands of apple seeds. He knew some would take root and others would not, but that didn’t sway him from his purpose. Being an encourager is […]
