by Julie Lefebure | Aug 19, 2015 | personal journey
It’s the first time in 16 years we haven’t registered our children for school. Instead, we registered our youngest for college. He’ll begin his Freshman year next week. (Gulp!) Wait, what?? This is our reality, and I’m still finding it hard to...
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 :: scramble, hurry, sprint, hustle, accelerate, step on the gas Please don’t get me wrong here. I’m not complaining. Life has been what...
