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It’s not a question of if we’re going to face suffering. It’s not even a question of when or what kind of suffering we’re going to experience. In the end, it comes down to this: Who is going to win the wrestling match? The suffering? Or you? When I first began to wrestle with the stark reality of abuse in my …
I do not like name tags. You know those sticky little squares that with the printed pronouncement, “Hello, my name is . . . ” Yeah. I don’t like them at all. I don’t even like name tags when you dress ’em up and put them in plastic protective covers. They annoy me. Besides a person’s first and last name, name …
I can calculate my wealth by pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, pesos, liras, euros, shekels . . . you get the idea. And sometimes I’ve done just that: looked at the balance in my checking account or my savings account — perhaps both — and decided whether I had enough to be grateful for. I can assure you, there were many …
I’ve had a circus theme this week: circus monkeys on Monday, parade elephants on Wednesday. Wrapping up the week, I realized there’s no circus without a ringmaster. And today’s quote speaks a simple truth straight up: Be the ringmaster. It’s your life. I googled “What does a ringmaster do?” and got some lengthy explanations, but here’s what I zeroed in …
I’m staying with the circus theme this week. It’s funny how something someone says to you stays with you. It can seem the most innocuous statement, and yet you never forget it. Back when we were a military family, my husband and I and our first three kiddos were stationed in Turkey. I always joke that the option of living …
“Not my circus, not my monkeys.” I’ve wanted to share this quote — a proverb, actually — with you for several weeks, ever since my daughter, Amy, shared it with me. I laughed out loud when she showed it to me on Pinterest. And then I thought, “There’s a lot of wisdom in those six words.” Sometimes the proverb is accompanied …
It’s the 4th of July — a day of celebration and a time to be thankful for our country. As you enjoy time with friends and family, please remember our military men and women — and their families. For some, this is a day of laughter, relaxation, even thanksgiving … and for others, this is a more solemn day of …
Dreams are a reoccurring topic of conversation for me. Discovering dreams. Pursuing dreams. Fulfilling dreams. And I’m okay with that — talking about dreams, I mean. When I was younger — wow, I say that a lot lately! — anyway, when I was younger, dreams were so self-centered. So wrapped up in me — what I thought about, …
There’s something to be said about trying. And there’s something to be said about those times when whatever it is we’re trying to accomplish just happens. Ponder this with me for a moment: that little baby bird standing at the edge of it’s oh-so-safe nest. And the next thing he (or she) knows, Momma bird shoves him over the edge because …
I always get to Friday and pause … look back to Monday’s post … and consider all that has transpired between the hopes of that “then” and the realities of today’s “now.” Monday included moments of celebration — really? I finaled in a writing contest? — and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday included cold splashes of reality that brought me to knees. …
