The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
When It’s Time To Remember
It was a beautiful start to the day. My friend came over for coffee. We live a handful of miles from each other. Three months ago we agreed to have a Saturday morning coffee date each month, alternating who hosts it. She's been my friend since fifth grade, and we seem...
Five Minute Friday – Present
Five Minute Friday. It's free-writing at its best. Five minutes straight on a one-word prompt. Nothing fancy. Nothing typical. But an opportunity to let the words fly. It's freeing and fun and blesses this heart of mine. We gather and share at Kate Motaung's each week...
It All Comes Down To A Choice
My grandmother's life was celebrated yesterday. She passed away last week. She was on this earth for 96 years. Yes, imagine that... 96 years. I think of all she witnessed in her lifetime. From each world war, to the changes in industry and technology, to watching this...
Authentic Living & Loving
The words of a particular recent conversation continue to ring in my mind. They were everything but authentic. authentic :: not false or copied; genuine; real; sincere; true; original; legitimate As I listened beneath the words, I heard what the words weren't saying....
Choose To Make It Great
Today will be full of choices. And what we choose to do and not do can determine much. I cannot choose what happens to me, but I do have a choice in how I react. I cannot choose the behavior of others, but I can determine how it will affect me. I cannot choose God's...
Five Minute Friday – Time
It's time for Five Minute Friday! The time of the week many of us gather together on Thursday evenings on Twitter. Goodness, these friends are special people to me. I look forward to this gathering each week. We free-write on the same one-word prompt and share and...
