Life Lessons

Yesterday evening hubby and I hosted a Birthday party at our home for our daughter’s best friend!   All day yesterday everything was frosty-white outside and bitterly cold.   Whenever our front porch steps frost over they become treacherously slippery!  …

Once again today has been socked in with dense, heavy thick fog.   Here you can see the view out my windows as I sat to have lunch:   Each evening this week hubby has come home from work, and…

All of nature operates according to seasons:  seasons of planting, seasons of new life emerging, seasons of growth, seasons of waiting, seasons of fruitfulness/harvest, seasons of rest.   So too life itself operates according to seasons.   In our life…

I am not much of a coffee drinker, but I do really enjoy a nice cup of tea each morning.   All teas are not equal though.   I’ve had my fair share of tea experiences which, upon taking the…

I was just now flipping through my journal, and I came across the quote:   “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass;  it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”   It’s raining today.    Yesterday I wrote about…

Today I choose  …  to follow you, God.   Today I choose  …  to say “Yes” to what you instruct me to do.   Today I choose  …  to trust.  Today I choose  …  to submit.   Today I choose  … …

I was sitting at the table last night having dinner when my attention was caught by the small cardboard box sitting at the end of the table.   This box had held a very special Christmas gift candle from…

Hubby and I were in need of a little caffeine pick-me-up  …  so we popped into Starbucks for our favorite treat: a Carmel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino.  (just the thing to have on a cold wintry day – Ha!)  …