Life as Thank You – 15
Dear Janis, I am writing a thank you note each week as a discipline to increase my gratitude. In honor of your birthday, I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for being my friend! I am grateful for the history we share; there are so many memories that I would be hard…
Do personalities change over time?
Today at the garden bingo luncheon at church we were talking about some of the strength finders and personality tests and what we each were….it is interesting and for the record: I am an INTJ on the Myers-Briggs I am a Beaver with otter as my secondary. I am Earth with Water as a secondary…
Life as a Thank you – 14
Dear Lauren, In 2016, I decided to write an old- school thank you note each week as a disciple to gratitude, and last week I was at the LA Festival of Books and saw more than one title illustrated by you! I felt so proud and humbled by the privilege of knowing you and grateful…
One Year Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! April 11, 2016 One year later! It’s crazy how marriage has the propensity to set the course of your life. Even when circumstances are filled with trouble and weakness, marriage provides the strength to face the worst, while holding hands with the best. You two have one year under your belt. Many people…
Well begun is half done
When I was a child, I was enchanted by the music and the magic of the film Mary Poppins. She was my heroine. I wanted to live in a world where toys cleaned up after themselves and carousel horses left the merry-go-round. I listened to the 33 1/3 album that my mom got from Necco…
April Fool’s day
Interesting day….there are so many theories about how and when this day got started. Who really knows and perhaps that is the best joke of all! Some say that it has its roots in the resurrection, when Jesus got the last laugh over death. Others say that it is really about the French calendar reform,…
Life as Thank You – 13
Dear Ali In an effort to build more gratitude in my life, I am writing thank you notes each week to someone. I have been praying for your health and decided it was time to tell you how thankful I am for you! I am blessed by your sweet spirit; I remember when you first…
Changing Families
In what ways has the concept of “the family” changed from Biblical times until now? In what ways do Christians view the family similarly and differently than they did in the New Testament era? In what ways are these changes good and in what ways are they not so good? In the NT, it was…
Life as Thank You – 12
Dear Kelsey, I decided in 2016, as an act of discipline to bless, to send an old school thank you note to someone each week. I want you to know how grateful I am for your friendship, for your trust and your kindness to me. I am so blessed to work with you and to…
St Patrick – Blessings
I am not sure when or how I realized that I held such power with my words, but perhaps it was because I grew up hearing words of blessing as my dad would lay his hand on my head and declare a blessing each night. As I grew up and found myself on both ends…