Learning to live like Jesus loved
I have been really enjoying the 2011 recap posts with the highlights from each month, and a post to go with each. I can’t do the same thing, because I tried and it was too confusing. It might make sense in a couple of paragraphs! In January, my I began my first official journey through [...]
It is my favorite day of the week! Time to put everything aside, and just write. No overthinking… No over analyzing.Stop. Drop. Write. For five minutes.On this week’s topic: OPEN. Go. Open.Vulnerable.Raw. The unclenching of the fists that are holding tight to my dreams. . .the ones that I have barely dared envision, let alone [...]
There is one picture that I got this summer that still melts my heart, every single time that I look at it. I fought hard to make it be our Christmas card, but my husband resisted since it didn’t show their faces!(Therefore, we didn’t do a Christmas card, because no other picture really came close!) [...]
Counting the Blessings, and realizing that I could go on forever .. .. .. For more blessings, go to A Holy Experience, and read along with others who are seeking, and finding the blessings in the everyday. 580. Getting wrapping done early, with a video skype session to help me stay motivated. 581. Hearing a [...]
The weather has turned very cold, very quickly.We should have been expecting it – it has been mild for December until now.But it still is shocking with its bracing grip. I left the house for a few minutes to pick up some things from the store, and my fingers were quite angry with me for [...]
I knew that something was different this year when one of my dearest sixth grade students had the following conversation with me on Monday: Student: Mrs. Duke? Are you in “pre-concert freak-out mode?”(background information: It is a very real thing that I slip into in the weeks leading to a concert. My students love me [...]
My school concerts are both this week.And I am in a rare state of non-panic.{Which is not QUITE the same as calm. . . but it is pretty close!} I am grateful for the opportunity to list my blessings, to keep me grounded and grateful during this frantic and stressful time of year. And so [...]
It is time to update the goals that I set for December. Goal #1: Exercise. Be more focused on movement. Make healthier food choices. Make healthier time spending choices. Track calories on MyFitnessPal. Movement? No. Healthier food choices? Sometimes. Time spending? No comment. Tracking calories? MyFitness What? Goal #2: Bring back the To-Do Notebook. I [...]
