Several years ago I read Debbie Macomber’s book “One Perfect Word” and, following her example, started to declared a ‘word of the year’ for myself. I failed to do so in 2016, and felt incomplete. Last year the word was ‘committed’. I committed to stepping out, to moving forward, to following the path God laid…
I love to use word pictures to try to describe what is happening in my mind’s eye. I can see something but it is fuzzy, and unclear. By speaking out the picture to someone it becomes clearer. Focus becomes sharper. I can see it and now I can choose how to act on it. One…
I did it again. She called with a last minute cancellation asking me to please take over the project. Through gritted teeth with a forced smile I said it would be no problem. Afterward I slammed a few cabinet doors, spoke some words I wouldn’t want my daughter to hear, and then started to readjust…
‘Oh that my steps may be steady, keeping the course you have set’ – Psalm 119:5 msg I have tossed my daily TO DO list and now work on an I WILL list. Simply thinking about ‘what I should do’ verses ‘what I will do’ is a perspective shift that has helped me to move…
Every year on January 1 people all over the world make New Year’s Resolutions. Forbes reports that an average of 8% of people achieve their New Year’s Resolutions. EIGHT percent!! Psychology Today reports that people who set goals, write them down and ask for accountability succeed nearly 75% of the time. What is the difference…
I first got the idea after reading the book “One Perfect Word” by Debbie Macomber. For several years I chose one word which would be my word for the year. When I did this, that word resonated throughout the year and helped me to focus. Last year I didn’t choose one and as I look…
I am a Star Trek fan; from the very first episodes in the 60s through Next Gen, Deep Space, Voyager and movies. One of the many things that intrigues me about this Sci-Fi series is the various aspects they display about daily life. A favorite episode in Next Generation is from season 6 titled “Timescape”. …
Several years ago a friend was visiting my home. We sat out on the back deck drinking iced tea and catching up on our lives. During a lull in the conversation my friend commented on the pretty yellow roses along the fence line. I looked out there. Yes, there were pretty roses I had worked…
Do you remember the movie “Short Circuit”? It is a very cute movie made in the mid 1980s about an experimental robot that becomes intelligent. Upon escaping into the world it seeks out INPUT. It wants to learn. The phrase “input, more input” became a fun mantra as my children were growing up; signaling more…
Spring time is beginning to show itself here in the Midwest. The grass is starting to green and grow, my husband is already looking at the lawn mower to wake it from it’s winter slumber. Perennial plants are showing tips of green as they yawn and burst through the ground. Rain comes often. Spring is…