by Julie Lefebure | Aug 18, 2015 | personal journey
It’s a beautiful Tuesday. The beauty in today, however, is not found in the weather. It’s a rainy, chillier-than-normal, cloudy, stay-indoors kind of day. Some would say it’s an ugly day. A depressing day. A day to stay in bed. “Beauty is in...
by Julie Lefebure | Aug 13, 2015 | personal journey
Sauntering through the baking aisle at the grocery store, my eyes landed on my favorite brownie mix. (Many say I make the best brownies. Shock is shown on their faces when I reveal they’re from a box!) Lo and behold, the price had gone up 25 cents per box from...
by Julie Lefebure | Aug 12, 2015 | personal journey
Living unrushed was more difficult than I thought it would be. Really. (Okay, maybe unrushed isn’t a real word, but in my life it needs to be.) I wasn’t aware how much I rush through my days, until I intentionally stopped doing so. All last week, that was...
by Julie Lefebure | Aug 11, 2015 | Marriage, personal journey
We celebrated 23 years of marriage on Saturday. (Wow… the years have sped by lighting-fast.) The time we spent together over the weekend allowed me to pause and ponder and reflect on these years. On the bride I was. On the hopes and plans and dreams we had. On...
by Julie Lefebure | Aug 4, 2015 | personal journey
After weeks–maybe months–of being non-stop on-the-go, weariness of the rush has caught up to me. rush :: Ā scramble, hurry, sprint, hustle, accelerate, step on the gas Please don’t get me wrong here. I’m not complaining. Life has been what...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 27, 2015 | personal journey
Life will return back to normal today. Or will it? After a life-altering, memory-making, attitude-impacting six days on RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa), I question if life for me will ever be the same. I mean, really, how does one...
