The season of celebrating is almost upon us – and for a little more than a month – from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve – we will start seeing the surge of “picture-perfect” family moments on social media. The Thanksgiving dinner table laden with beautiful pies and centerpieces. The kids gathered around a freshly cut… Continue reading Hashtag Picture Perfect
Nine years ago, I read the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp and had my mind radically transformed by the power of gratitude. The idea of recognizing, writing down, and giving thanks for the every day, the “common grace,” the taken for granted, the beautiful ordinary – this was one that I embraced without… Continue reading 7014 Gifts … and Counting
I bought two boxes of Christmas cards the other day. They’re sitting on my table until the time comes to start filling them out and sending them to people. The top box has a beautifully designed card with a single word across the front: Joy. And today when I saw it, I thought – “That… Continue reading The Year that Ended Sadly
It has now been a month and a half since my father entered his eternal home. And every day that I reflect on the life he lived, I only become more inspired to follow in his footsteps. My father was of a rare breed. He would never have considered himself extraordinary – but the way… Continue reading His was a Life Not Wasted – Thoughts on My Father’s Life
Three years ago, when I turned thirty, I wrote up “The Thirty Manifesto: {Purposeful Dreaming for the Best Decade Yet}.” Rather than a checklist or a bucket list, it was a list of reminders for how I wanted my life to be lived – so that the thirties would not be a decade wasted –… Continue reading Are You Ready & Eager to Surrender to Him?
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