The timing of her phone call was impeccable. Lately I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking, and even research, on social media’s effects on us. What I’ve learned prompted my decision to set up personal limits on how much access I have to it. But I hadn’t told anyone else except my husband, and […]
The Social Media Debacle
Photo Credit I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how to effectively bring changes I want into my life and my habits. While I feel at peace about where I am and what I’m doing in the big life situations, there are those “little” things that we all struggle with. These little things […]
Prayer’s Power in Friendship
I know that I missed a week in posting a friendship challenge post. It’s not that i haven’t thought about it every single day, but last week was one of those weeks where I couldn’t write. When time allowed, the words weren’t there. I’ve learned a lot over the past couple of years when it […]
Forgetting the Crazy, Remembering the Joy
When I think of words to describe this season of my life, crazy is definitely one of them. Some days are so crazy, in fact, that I can’t for the life of me remember what made them that way when I try to recall it the next day. I won’t remember that today I got […]
Focus on Friendship Challenge 3
How’s the challenge to be intentional with friendships going for you? Even if you’ve missed the first couple, that doesn’t mean you have to sit this challenge out. You can still catch up, or you can just pick up on this week’s challenge. Speaking of which, have you ever read something that someone else wrote […]
Surviving the Fire
It would do us all a lot of good to remember that the classic Bible stories many of us heard as children are not fairy tales. A boy really did face an actual giant and defeated him with a stone to the head. God really did demonstrate grace through a man named Noah who looked […]
Focus on Friendship Challenge 2
If you missed what’s going on around here this month on the blog, you can get caught up here and here. How did week one of the challenge go for you? As of Sunday evening, I have the plan in place and the supplies I need to complete my little project for the friend God […]
Focus on Friendship Challenge #1
It’s time! Are you ready to focus on friendship? You can read the introductory post here. I’ll start off by being completely honest with you. I need this challenge to keep me accountable and focused. I could list all kinds of reasons why I have too much to do and not enough time to get […]
A Few Things I Learned in September
Reflection is such an important part of life. It’s how we realize what we learn through life. That’s why I got excited when I learned about Emily Freeman‘s great idea for dedicating one post at the end of the month to share what she learned. I decided to join her this month. Thanks to technology […]
Throwing Away the “Just Wait Untils”
“Just wait!” I’m growing to despise that phrase the more I think about it. I’ve been guilty of spouting it off, but I’m trying to remedy the habit. No one feels encouraged when those who have gone before them throw “Just wait until…” into a conversation. I may be the only mom guilty of this, […]