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Heaven on Earth {day 7} 31 Moments of Still
Today's moment isn't a single snapshot of time, but rather a place. The place I feel most content, most at peace, most still... I was pregnant with Audrey the first time we heard about it. At a church event, a couple shared stories of a place they vacationed each...
Tick Tock {day 6} 31 Moments of Still
I gaze upon my children and wonder. Of all the moments we spend together, of all the words I speak, which ones will lock in their memory? 30 years from now when they gaze back to these days, what will they recall... Clocks. Lots of clocks. Grandfather chimes,...
The Birth of Our Second Child {day 5} 31 Moments of Still
We all came to welcome you, we all came to your birth We all came to welcome you, to welcome you to Earth And I was there to love you, I was there to love you, I was there to love you and lend my body for Your safe and gentle journey here Through heaven’s open door....
The Birth of Our First Child {day 4} 31 Moments of Still
And at the end of that time a beautiful rainbow bridge stretched from heaven to earth and on it came the child as a tiny baby and slid into her mother’s waiting arms.
The Wheels On The Bus {day 3} 31 Days of Still
I spent my early elementary years living in a small Illinois farming town where I took the bus to and from school each day. It was a long trek down the lane where I walked each morning to catch the bus. The schedule even varied from week to week. If it was the...
Love You to the Moon and Back {day 2} 31 Moments of Still
I was an honest to goodness worrywart when I was a child. I fretted about everything from having cancer to returning my books to the library past the due date. So when my parents traveled to Hawaii for a vacation, I was beside myself with negative thoughts. A plane...
Earliest Memory {day 1} 31 Moments of Still
A trip down memory lane. That's what this challenge is turning out to be for me. It's a fitting time for such a trip. In the autumn season, I often find myself turning inward. As the leaves change, so does the direction of my thoughts. I find that I'm more...
31 Moments of Still
Several bloggers I admire have joined a challenge to write a post each day during the month of October for 31 Days of {Change}. There are over one thousand interesting topics that women are writing about this month. I am late to the party. I did not have a topic...
Enough: Five Minute Friday
This is my Five Minute Friday on Monday! Rolling up to a stoplight I see her. A woman in dark winter clothes in the noontime heat of a 105 degree day. HOMELESS her cardboard sign says. I start to switch lanes to her side of the road, but the light...
The “Art” of Living
Creating breathes art. Letting lose on a blank page completes me as nothing else. Strange how the act of creating, doing, can bring so much stillness to life. Writing sets me free, letting the thoughts out, so life can fill in. What is art to...
Letting Go
Let it go. Three little words that seem so simple, yet they hold a conflict that rests deep within me. I seek the still because my life is anything but still. My thoughts are in a constant state of flurry, my worries threaten to do me in, and the activities of life...
Summer Possibilities
Summer is a delicate balance of exuberant energy and decadent downtime. Every year I look forward to summer with childlike glee in my heart, especially as I experience it through the eyes of my children. In all my planning glory, I try every year to design that...
From The Mouths of Babes – 1st Edition
I have learned some of life's greatest lessons from my children. Their innocence and refreshing perspective have blessed me in so many ways. As I continue to seek the still, I thought it only appropriate to share some of the inspiration I receive from these little...
Getting On The Bus
Have you ever been unsure of your current circumstances? Feeling like God has a plan for you, yet not sure what it is or how you will get there? If so, this story is for you... In Uganda this past summer I met a little girl named Sharon who never...
Barely Breathing – Seeking a Writer’s Assistant
My deepest apologies, loyal readers, for leaving you hanging the past few months. I returned from Africa exhausted physically and mentally, but full of ideas for sharing the stories of my journey. Somehow I let life get in the way. My "real jobs" have required a...
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