A few times each week I lace up my sneakers and run on the treadmill that sits in our basement next to a small half-window. The window faces out onto the driveway and doesn’t really offer much by way of view or natural light. Occasionally a squirrel, or sometimes a…
Warm weather + flip flops + quiet time to write = me happy as a clam. *********** Saturday: 75 degrees and sunny. Sunday: 55 degrees and rainy. Monday: 40 degrees and snow?!? Ah, the changing weather of spring. ********** Hope is a light in the darkness, a kind of optimistic…
“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ― Henry Ward Beecher I’ll be honest, I struggle with the words “blessing” and “blessed;” I much prefer gratitude and thankfulness. For EVERYTHING. The big things, the small things, and everything in…
“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” – Betty Smith (from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) ************** Books, coffee, and candles = spiritual practice. *********** This photo was taken right after…
A handful of favorite photos for the day’s prompt. Memories, I think, are less about a recollection of facts and more about a stirring up of emotion. So much emotion in all of these photos. ******************* “The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we…
One of my favorite parts of the day is when the kids come home from school. Backpacks = Trust Trust in teachers, trust in my boys, trust in the world. ******************* Me, wearing my mom’s boots as a kid. Each year I find that I am becoming more and more…