• Aug. 29th, 2011 Mindful Mondays ~ Lonely

    image courtesy of photobucket.com How do you feel about reruns? I like them. Sometimes I catch things I didn’t see the first time through. I hope you feel the same way because today’s blog is a rerun. This post originally appeared in June of 2010. ************** Do you ever think no one knows what your [ read more ]

  • Aug. 25th, 2011 Thoughtful Thursdays ~ Book Review: I Used to Be So Organized by Glynnis Whitwer

    I’m a pretty organized person. Or. Um. I used to be. Before. Before having a baby. And then another one. And another one. And then moving when the last one was three weeks old. (Sidebar: I do NOT recommend moving with a newborn. Avoid at all costs). I miss my old organized self. I miss [ read more ]

  • Aug. 22nd, 2011 Mindful Mondays ~ Morning Glory

    I miss sleep. Oh, how I miss it. I miss going to bed and having every expectation that I will not be disturbed until my alarm blares. Or the neighbor’s rooster gets cranked up. Whichever comes first. I miss waking up refreshed. These days, when I wake up—never of my own accord—every cell in my [ read more ]

  • Aug. 18th, 2011 Thoughtful Thursdays ~ Book Review: A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

    Prayer is not my specialty. I believe in it. I’m a big fan of it. At least, I think I am. The harsh reality is that while I have good intentions, my follow through leaves a little, something, a lot to be desired. I find myself wondering if it really makes any difference? If God [ read more ]

  • Aug. 15th, 2011 Mindful Mondays ~ A Little Too Soon?

    Image by ant.photos via FlickrAs I ran a few errands last week, a car pulled out in front of me. He could have waited, but it wasn’t close enough to warrant laying down on the horn, so I let it go. (As if I could do anything about it in the first place). But then things got [ read more ]

  • Aug. 11th, 2011 Thoughtful Thursdays ~ Book Review: Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver

    I am a total Martha. Not Martha Stewart. Trust me. The decorating gene chuckled, laughed, snorted hysterically as it skipped by me. I’m talking about Martha. From the Bible. I am often “anxious and troubled about many things” and I am not above pointing out to God that “Hey, I’m busting my tail here and [ read more ]

  • Aug. 8th, 2011 Mindful Mondays ~ Future Fears

    Image via Wikipedia Deuteronomy 31:8 ~ It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. (ESV) Some people wish they could know the future. Not me. If I spent too much time thinking about my future, I’d lose [ read more ]

  • Aug. 4th, 2011 Thoughtful Thursdays ~ MoGo7000

    image courtesy of photobucket.com I recently lost my fiction mojo. It wasn’t pretty. Read about how I got it back over at The Write Conversation .

  • Aug. 1st, 2011 Mindful Mondays ~ Retail Therapy

    Image via Wikipedia I love my children. I do. But some days, by the time Brian gets home, I need to get out. And by out, I mean out of the house, by myself. Brian learned this long ago, when Emma was still a baby. Sometimes the best thing he can say to me is “Go”. [ read more ]

  • Jul. 28th, 2011 Thoughtful Thursdays ~ Book Review: Under A Desert Sky

    Some of the first “grown up” books I can remember reading were in the historical fiction genre. “Prairie romances” I think they’re called now. These days, I still love reading books set in a different time, where the plot and characterizations are influenced by the mores of the day and both time and place are [ read more ]