Archives for December 2013

Reflection of Redemption (Five Minute Friday)

Greetings all! It’s Five Minute Friday time… Whoot!

In short: Each Friday (OK, any Friday that my tiny 9-month-old baby human will allow) I link-up with Lisa Jo Baker. She gives us a prompt. And we write.

For, yep, you guessed it- five minutes.Five Minute Friday

It’s not something we over think or excessively edit. We just write. And it’s always a joy (and sometimes surprising) to see what happens.)

So let’s get moving.

Today’s prompt: REFLECT

AND GO! [Read more…]

Like what you see? Share it!

Vlog: Our Mundane. His Blessings.

Ahhh… The everyday-ish-ness of life.

Some might find it comfortable. Others might find it mundane.

Regardless of where you land on the everyday-ish-ness of life, I can tell you one thing… There are blessings to be counted EVERYWHERE.

Don’t believe me? Well, hear me out on today’s vlog. [Read more…]

Like what you see? Share it!

Hidden Ah-Ha’s: Delivered from our Troubles

Ug. We’ve all had those days.

You know, the days where things are just not going well.  Maybe the baby is sick. Perhaps you realize you are out of a key ingredient for your crockpot supper. Or it’s still 10 days til payday and you can’t help but wonder how close you are going to cut it this time. Maybe you left the windows down on your car and now it’s raining. Or as you drove to work today, you were greeted by red and white flashing lights in your rear-view. (I thought the light was yellow???)

We are weary. Short-tempered. Ready to throw in the towel, lock ourselves in the bathroom with a glass of wine and/or a serving (or 12) of dark chocolate.

Life’s everyday troubles. We have to deal with them. But we DON’T have to let them define us. [Read more…]

Like what you see? Share it!