Pursuing Faithfulness in the Little Things
It’s Thanksgiving time, which means floodgates of gratitude open up all over the place. People flood social media with lists of what they are thankful for or post reflections throughout November of their blessing of the day. I confess – I love it. The spirit of thankfulness seems to flow more freely at this time of…
It is completely on purpose that I am beginning a series of posts about rest at the end of October. When the calendar turns the page in a couple of days, people everywhere will begin an 8-week-long frenzy of cooking, shopping, wrapping, visiting, and bustling about. Somehow, rest will be edged out of the picture…
It’s October! This has always been my favorite month, and not just because my birthday happens to be in October. An extra-special reason to love it this year is that my beautiful eldest daughter is getting married this week. She is a lover of fall also, thus the desire for an October wedding. What a wonderful…
Where I live, we’ve just about survived the first month of school. With all the business of getting back to school, it’s important to have family fun too. Everyone is settled in and you’ve likely found your flow for the year. I’d like to suggest some ways to fit in family fun at a low…
Parenting responsibilities kick into overdrive when back to school time begins. Shuttling kids to activities, packing lunches, attending school events, and adhering to stricter schedules can cause stress and press us for time. It’s hard to feel refreshed. My husband and I tend to collapse on the sofa on Friday evenings in September. We are…