It never ceases to amaze me how often the pattern of feast or famine visits my calendar. My husband and I used to joke about how long you could go without a trip to the airport, but when you finally did it be one of many in a short time. The feast or famine concept…
Balance
Silver Linings
I was just reading a friend’s updates on their recent news of tragedy and I couldn’t help myself from thinking about the power of silver linings. I went through my photos to find one that fit. It’s true. No matter how dark the clouds, how powerful and destructive the storm there is always the hope…
The Balancing Act
Lately my husband and I have been having a great deal of conversation on the importance and learning curve of finding one’s balance with regards to the many options for using our time in today’s world. Many of our friends are venturing into online activities for the first time and they’re in the spiral of…
Just Do It
I’m constantly amazed at the satisfaction and boost it is to get simple things done. I tend to think about the things that need done so often that I’ve done them at least a hundred times in my head before I actually get the job that only takes once to be done. What a waste…
Times, Changes and Seasons
I’m always saying that the only constant in the universe is change. I really believe that. It seems that as soon as you find an answer the question changed, or as soon as you feel like you figured something out the rules or game changed. I think if my shoes represented these constant shifts I’d…
Chasing Time
For a while I thought it was lost, but lately I’ve determined that I’m not losing time I simply can’t catch it. I think I’m on an eternal treadmill. I’ve been trying to find a few minutes to sit down and share some meaningful posts for at least a month now. All’s not lost, at…
Defined, Re-defined
To those who know me, it is no surprise that I’m counting down to Friday this week to see Wolverine, and not just because I really enjoy X-Men and the Wolverine character but also because of the actor playing him, Hugh Jackman. So this morning when I was browsing news headlines and saw one of…
My New Remote
Two and a half years ago we decided to cut TV out of our home life. There was a little trepidation and a great deal of uncertainty at the time. Further, right up to that point I would have been the first one to get in your face and tell you how little TV we…
Perspective
This morning I was out planting my garden. I looked over and saw something that struck several thoughts in my head and heart. Inspired, I grabbed the camera. Now the question is, what do you see? If you’re anything like me you see beauty in this simple flower. The fact that is was a singular…
Buried
Last Saturday we spent the morning involving the kids in household chores and cleaning. I started with the messy job of cleaning of the fish tank. This worked great because it’s a less common and frequent chore and the kids thought it was great fun. At any rate, when we were done, I noticed that…