I will be sitting close to the stage while I watch my friend’s daughter sing about this hard knock life and leaving us with a promise that the will sun come out tomorrow. This young girl is very talented and was cast as Annie in our 5th Ave Theatre production. Those of us who have watched what it took for her to get there could not be more proud. We will eagerly await for the curtain to open as she comes out to take her bow. I know I will stand to applaud her hard work and heart given Continue Reading
Accepting the Call to Return to Rest – to Be Quiet and Trust
Today I am honored to be a guest writer on I Choose My Best Life by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Her Book Sacred Rest has helped and continues to help me through a much needed time of rest. The tools that Dr. Dalton-Smith provides are so vital to today's busy and demanding schedules. Read my guest article: Accepting the Call to Return to Rest – to Be Quiet and Trust Continue Reading
The One Thing You Need To Know This Mother’s Day
The One Thing You Need To Know This Mother’s Day Of all the vocations, animals, and president’s that get days of honor, Mother’s Day is one that I believe truly deserves full recognition. If you look up acronyms for MOM they all apply in a way. “Mission Operation Manager” made me snicker, it’s an actual job title for NASA. As I am now entering my 50th year of life and my 24th year of motherhood it is time that I acknowledge that my mom was right: time has flown, and many moments escaped Continue Reading
5 Steps To Overcome Angst And Have Authentic Peace
Have you ever been desperate for help? When you receive a promise that help is on the way your natural instinct is to say thank you and you feel an instant warmth of hope, even before the promise has been carried through! You believe and know that the person who has just told you they will help is going to come through, yet at the present moment you are still amidst the problem and the fear. The situation has not changed, your emotion has, you have hope. I believe that the emotion and the Continue Reading
What You Need to Know About Lines in the Carpet and the Emptiness of a Clean Floor
Today is the day. This is the day that seemed so far a way during the decades I crashed onto my pillow, night after night, from sheer exhaustion. I sank into sleep knowing that the toys, laundry, and sink full of dishes would most likely still be there in the morning. (This princess's mice and forest creatures never seemed to come to my aid during the night.) I would awaken to the needs of my three kids, hubby and farm animals. My routine would start all over again, adding to the mess that Continue Reading
The Gift Of Sabbath to RESTore and Connect
Today is my favorite day of the week. It is the Sabbath. I am not writing this to invoke differing theology, just to share my reason for loving this day. I am up before the sun with a book, my bible and a cup of coffee. I am not pressed for time, I do not have to look at my day planner because it is always clear on Saturday. That feeling of peace is what I anticipate on Friday. On Friday I know my day of rest is just around the corner. It is like the road sign, Rest Area Up Ahead! My mind Continue Reading