Self-Awareness
A better to-do list
July 15, 2008
Today's Raspberries: A photo that is somewhat but not necessarily related to the following post. This morning during my sporadic (some days I'm disciplined, most days I'm not) quiet time I wrote. Mostly prayers of the "please guide me" variety. My last scribbles of the morning were: simplify be content ...
Tired, of the good life
July 12, 2008
I'm tired. Of trying to do everything really well, I can't. I can only do my best and what frustrates the heck out of me is that even my best isn't nearly good enough. Don't tell my kids I said this, I tell them the opposite all the time. I'm ...
Monday Mama Thoughts
June 9, 2008
Perhaps it was reading Lori's lovely post this morning, which reminded me once again (like I need reminding when my eldest is almost as high as my shoulder) how my babies are way past babies and growing much too fast. If not because of those thoughts it certainly was because ...
Weeds & Wildflowers
May 21, 2008
My mom gave me a copy of this poem years ago when our 9 year old was still a baby. I love this poem and it has given me perspective when I've badly needed it and also been a reminder that I'm doing a good job. I had hoped to ...
Taking Care of Business
May 20, 2008
I think the mental gymnastics of the past couple weeks is over. The period of spring transition, any transition really, predictably hits me with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy as well as general overwhelm-ment (not a word but suits my purposes) with life. Problem is I forget that I go ...
Soul Journey up Speckled Mountain
May 19, 2008
The journey had a difficult start. A challenging conversation in the car with my best friend about our purpose - loving and serving others, and how to do that - simplifying our lives. Ouch. My current creative pursuits and general spring time busy-ness hasn't left a lot of time for ...
Raising Beds, Lowering Expectations
May 17, 2008
It started innocently enough when there was still 2 feet of snow on the ground. Reading a book or two that encouraged me to grow more of our own food. Just a few more tomato plants than last year, a couple rows of corn (Brienne's favorite summer vegetable), some strawberries, ...
