Welcome to 2020! I hope you'll pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and start off your year with some encouragement and motivation. One of my favorite traditions of entering a new year is choosing a #oneword. Margaret Feinberg introduced the idea to me, and it's been an amazing journey the last few … Continue reading Savor
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A Year With Bloom
With next Thursday set aside for an extra special guest blog, this is my last official blog of 2019! My time with bloom is nearing its end. It's time to reflect, to look back, to remember. I love seeing how God has tied my past one words together. Breathe, Held, Bloom. Transplanting, Resting, Blooming. “Send … Continue reading A Year With Bloom
Come and Abide
Four weeks ago, on my oldest son's birthday, I picked my kids up from school like any other day. Except my youngest let me know she had left her hat on the playground during recess. With four kids in public school and colder weather fast approaching, it's almost an art, keeping track of everyone's personal … Continue reading Come and Abide
Through Valleys and Over Mountains
This life is full of highs and lows. Hills and valleys. Mountains and canyons. Peaks and pits. It often feels like a rollercoaster; one minute you're soaring free, and in the blink of an eye you're being jerked around unexpected corners and dropping to certain death. Maybe I'm being a little dramatic. BUT there is a constant … Continue reading Through Valleys and Over Mountains
When Pain is Present
In the silence and the pain, the words come together quickly. I search for a quote about deafening silence and find this lyric to a song I’ve never heard: “The silence is deafening; I hear my heart moan.” – John Parr (Running the Endless Mile) Silence can be deafening, and pain can overwhelm. Words can … Continue reading When Pain is Present
Finding Roses Among the Weeds
My youngest daughter was watching an episode of Clifford on Netflix yesterday while I got ready for the day. All of a sudden, Emily Elizabeth dropped some wisdom and I found myself typing it quickly in a note on my phone. "There is a right time and right place for you to use your talents." … Continue reading Finding Roses Among the Weeds
God’s Wrap-Around Presence
I was given a journal for Christmas from my dear friend Sonja. On the front it says: “She climbed until she saw.” This became part of my prayer for 2016 – that I wouldn’t settle or get comfortable, but I would keep climbing. Then I read Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts, and this journal has … Continue reading God’s Wrap-Around Presence
