Start Today

We can’t take everything back. We can start right here, right now and change the journey. For everyone who needed to read this today, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Being here is a gift. Look for the light and promise in everyday.

Grace

A gentle reminder to be gracious in your speech. To think about what you are saying and how, especially around young ears. Teaching them about how what you say and to whom matters. That being our kindness and tolerance should be noticed in our words. Happy Thursday Friends. May you find your words to be

Honesty is the Best Policy.

I’m currently doing a devotional called “Parenting God’s Way.” This morning the focus was on instilling ethical behavior in our children. “Stress the rewards for honesty, including the blessing of a clear conscience. Encourage your children to understand that even if their dishonesty isn’t discovered, their own conscience will trouble them.” I’ve never seen it

Tuesday’s Thoughts 5/28

I have an affirmation app on my phone. At 7am everyday, I get sent a series of affirmations that are all related. Today, this was what I received. I’ve really lost focus of my morning yoga and even “eating right”. Though, I haven’t been stressing about it like I normally would. I’ve just accepted the

Gone Too Soon

In honor of Memorial Day, I want to write about an old friend. Fall of 1999, it was my sophomore year of college. It was move in day at the dorms. I drove myself up to school that year, early of course. Got myself situated and waited to see who would be living in my

You Control You

I have felt like this for a very long time. My husband and I have conversations about this regularly. When you’re focused on blaming something or someone for your problems, you’re missing out on what’s right in front of you. You can’t control all the things happening around you. Often you don’t have any say

Rest and Relaxation

I don’t know about you guys, but it seems like we ALWAYS have things that we have to do. It’s wonderful filling our lives with activities. Especially when most of them are to benefit raising well rounded children. However, sometimes you just need to rest. Luckily, this weekend we get that. All 6 of our

Five for Friday 5/24

I am really loving on some things this week, so I wanted to share them with you all. 1.) YouVersion it is an app.  “Experience the Bible Daily.” There are so many different features of the app that I am loving.  The one that I use most is the Bible Studies though.  I just got done

Substitute Teaching

I’ve taken on this wonderful new role in my life. That of the substitute teacher. About 9 years ago now I had started the process. Then things got rocky with my ex and it was put on the back burner. Never really to be thought about again until a month or so ago. At my

Progress

When something unexpected comes out of nowhere and you don’t FREAK OUT… that’s progress! I don’t do well with change. Specifically if that change deals directly with my time, my money or my children. It’s OK to not like it when things change. Necessary though to think, is there anything that I can do? Is