So, where was I ( Read more... )

On the road all day.  Exhausted.  Praying for Evangeline, Verena, and Tim as they learn to live without Sara.]

Curling up in a chair in the family room to read.  I have No Energy and the cat is misbehaving like nobody's business.

OK, I admit it.  At first these two things in the title seem to be not only irrelevant, but possibly absurd.  I mean, REALLY?  Who cares about folding underwear?  And what possible relationship does this have to an identity crisis of sorts ( Read more... )

After I got home last night, I realized that somewhere in that New Years Goal list, I needed to put something about "Procrastination."  Back to the drawing board for a revision ( Read more... )

I've been toying with some sort of easy to remember focus for 2016.  As I drove through the storm today to take my car to the garage, I realized that I really just need to come up with an easy way to remember what I want to accomplish in 2016 - something that reminds me of my goals.  So far, I've come up with the following ( Read more... )

On Christmas Day we spent an hour or two looking at some photo albums back from when my son was about 4 years old.  I was rather shocked to see that both Jim and I have expanded, rather like dumplings.  I'm displeased with both my appearance and my weight.  In addition to my displeasure over my appearance and weight, I'm also concerned about risks ( Read more... )

My sewing goal for 2015 was to complete 12 projects of any type and size this year.  Here is my list ( Read more... )

I'm calling this Reflections I because I plan to write more than one reflection about 2015.  I deliberately cut my work calendar back sharply after the first of December because we were going away to Europe for nearly two weeks.  Last year, after Christmas was over, both Jim and I felt that we wanted to change how we celebrate the holidays.  There ( Read more... )

I have been sick and I have spent some time writing while I've been sidelined. Here is the devotional I submitted to our church's Advent brochure. May you be blessed as we sail into the holiday season, whatever you celebrate.  The assignment for the brochure was to write about a time in your life when you discovered God in a new way.  Hence, I ( Read more... )