Control & Change
What do you need to Trust God with? (a lament and a balm)
June 21, 2016
One of my biggest struggles is that I feel the pace of life is not the pace at which I "should" be living. There is a knowing deep in my core that the state of the world, on all levels, is misaligned with its intended design and purpose; a disconnect ...
January for the rest of us
January 29, 2016
I take issue with most January blog posts I read that focus on productivity, goal setting, and self-improvement projects in general.
Sitting with life
October 21, 2015
And so I have to sit with it, acknowledge it. Seek peace not in removing myself, emotionally or relationally, from the sources of pain, but seek peace in acceptance and surrender.
Change ~ Being Rooted ~ Personal Growth
October 29, 2013
What freaks me out about hiking the AT is not the snakes, bears, or even Lyme disease. What freaks me out is that by saying yes to this adventure, I'm inviting intense personal growth into my life, again. The kind of intense growth which comes out of discomfort, loss, and ...
Thresholds
March 4, 2013
Laurent turned twelve last week. We had a small family celebration in his honor. Laurent is at the threshold of adolescence. This is a slow journey. We don't rush our children to grow up and we afford them as much childhood as we can possibly give them; that also means ...
Messy Weekends ~ Gift Yourself the Freedom
February 12, 2013
On the weekend things get kind of loose around here. Especially, if don't go to the mountains on Sunday, which we haven't done now for a month. I don't always like the loose, but my family seems to. Damien's knee was well enough to go skiing this weekend at the ...
Moving right along then
February 8, 2013
This post is somewhat self-serving. I make no apologies for that. I used my blog writing time this week to work my way through January's emotional low points. Read at your own risk. Next week I'll be back to FIMBY's regular programming, you know, the Fun part of Fun in ...
