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
How To Start Your Day Uplifted (And Keep It That Way)
Here we are, blessed with another day. I'm guessing you'd like to start it uplifted. After all, it's more fun and refreshing to be encouraged rather than discouraged, right? But, sometimes we can't control what's happening around us or to us. Some days we wake up...
Team Lefebure Gears Up For RAGBRAI 2019!
It's that time of year... where all we seem to be doing is eating, sleeping, and riding our tandem bicycle. Yes, RAGBRAI 2019 begins this Sunday, July 21! RAGBRAI is the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. (The Register is the Des Moines newspaper.) It's...
Sometimes The Best Solution Is A Reset
Sometimes in life the best solution is a reset. Especially for those of us who do our best to live a real and authentic life. reset :: to set, adjust, or fix in a new or different way Because sometimes life can get way out of hand. You might already know I'm all about...
Real Life In Our Corner Of The World – Spring 2019
Spring. It's one of my favorite seasons. I can't believe, however, that spring 2019 is slipping past us. How can it be June 12 already? Shouldn't it be about April 1? Summer will officially be here next week. That seems impossible, but yes, that's what the calendar...
Will We Let Him Help Us?
The building and pews were different. The pastor was different. Even the smells and sounds were different. Even though we were sitting in a different church than we normally do on a Sunday, God spoke timely words to my weary heart through the pastor's sermon. Last...
I Promise To Be Your Real-Life Friend
My hair stylist is a real-life friend. God bless her. She had to deal with my mascara-less look today. Goodness! After my appointment with her this morning I realized I again unintentionally left my home without mascara on my lashes. Let me remind you, I look ill...