I have moved into the smart phone era. I know, I’m way behind. My old cell phone was TERRIBLE as a texting phone. I don’t even want to get into how I seriously despised that phone and that plan. However, now with this new smart phone. I have got this whole texting thing down and I love … Continue reading
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Monday is here whether I’m ready or not
On some Mondays, I would really love one more day of the weekend. One more day to catch up on life. One more day to relax and regroup before another week of work and school hits again. But whether I’m ready or not… Monday still comes. The work week begins whether I’m ready for it … Continue reading
Taking a risk with what’s in our hand
I was sitting with my in-laws around my own kitchen table when it hit me. I’m afraid to fail. It was a simple game of Rook — the game my husband was raised on. His family has played this game for decades. I only married into this ongoing game and I really only play when … Continue reading
A Look Back on 2014
By the time Christmas is over and all the clean-up is done from the holidays, I’m really ready to start again and get life back to a normal routine. While preparing for next year, I was looking back through this past year and reading through the journey of this blog. I was thinking of sharing the … Continue reading
What we can do when the unexpected comes
Even at my age of 44, I’m still afraid of the dark. I’m not afraid in my own house because everything around me is familiar. I’m like a bat fleeting through the house, checking on all that goes bump in the night. But put me in a tent out in the woods or an open field or … Continue reading
Taking in the Snow Day and Tackling the Holiday Hustle
Have you ever lived in a state of schedule overload? The last 2 weeks have been that for me. I was discussing this whole idea with my Canadian mother-in-law and she pointed out the insanity of our American system. We celebrate Thanksgiving so late in November that we run right into Christmas with no break or breath … Continue reading
It’s Our Time and Our Place #TellHisStory
I’m from a small, farming community in Southwest Iowa. It’s in ‘fly over country’, as some might say. On one of our final days of our 28-day-journey, we were visiting my hometown’s museum. My sister and I went from exhibit to exhibit, reading the stories of those from before and my heart whispered again, “Each … Continue reading
Tripping Over Typeset 