Self-Awareness

Blog Changes

March 24, 2008

I'm currently in a creative blog state of mind. I've been making changes (with a lot of help from Damien) so please bear with the little glitches that might occur while I transform my blog from blah blue to growing green.

February Lilac

February 11, 2008

I feel a bit like this lilac bush today - frozen in midwinter blah. We've gotten lots of snow these past few days and we haven't seen much of the sun. Just bright white snow and dull gray skies. Kind of sums up my spirit. But the buds on the ...

Quote of the Day

January 16, 2008

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself - Leo Tolstoy

Yes... and No

January 16, 2008

I've been thinking lately about how for everything I've chosen to do there is something I'm choosing not to do. Mostly these are not difficult choices to make but it is hard when saying Yes to a good thing means saying No to an equally good thing. I'm currently struggling ...

so NOT figured out

January 11, 2008

I'm in a week of parenting struggles while at the same time trying to balance all the priorities & expectations of the New Year. I feel like I really DON'T have parenting, homeschooling and home management figured out. Some days I do but not this week.... In December I purposefully ...

Living Life Large

January 9, 2008

Thanks to my friend Marc for posting this manifesto: Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. ...