Reaping the Benefits of Intentional Conversations with Family

Beth Vogtacceptance, choices, dreams, encouragement, family, Friendship, Fun, goals, gratitude, hope, laughter, Life, listen, Love, perspective, Quotes, Relationships 10 Comments

  A week ago, I exchanged my usual daily outfit of leggings and a Life is Good T-shirt for a casual-nice outfit accessorized with jewelry and a touch of makeup. The occasion? A girls’ night out with four of my favorite people: my daughters, Katie Beth, Amy, Christa, and my daughter-in-love Meagan. We’d reserved a table several weeks in advance …

Giving Each Other Room to Grow Up

Beth VogtBeth K. Vogt, change, childhood, choices, expectations, family, Life, perspective, Quotes, Relationships 8 Comments

  @bethvogt   Sometimes I think my now-adult children believe I didn’t want them to grow up. Yes, there are days I miss their toddler voices. The funny ways they mangled words and their odd preferences for a particular food or a stuffed animal or a certain pair of pajamas. I’ll even admit to saying, “Why you want to leave …

Earthquakes, Aftershocks, and Choosing to Trust

Beth VogtBeth K. Vogt, bravery, challenges, choices, courage, crisis, Faith, family, In Others' Words, Life, Quotes, Reality, Relationships, strength, stress 9 Comments

@bethvogt I didn’t sleep last Friday. I stayed up all night long – by choice. It wasn’t all that difficult, considering I was in Colorado and my youngest daughter, Christa, was in California where there’d been not one, but two record-breaking earthquakes in a little over 24 hours. And let’s not consider the I-lost-cost-of-how-many aftershocks. I know staying awake all …