The moment the foot hits the floor to start a new day, we are on stage. There are no warm-ups or dress rehearsals for the dance called Life. And for the good or the bad, we choose our own choreography. We must ask ourselves: Does our dance serve a greater
Continue ReadingWe live in a culture that encourages perfection. Or at least the ruse of perfection. Thanks to Facebook, Instagram, and all the other virtual stages, we can present to the world a version of ourselves and our lives that make others drool. We can put up pictures of our kids
Continue ReadingPsalm 139: 1-18 Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all of my ways. Even before a word is
Continue ReadingMost days I parent by the seat of my pants. After one of my many parenting blunders, my mom was quick to say, "you can make mistakes and you will, many, just make sure your kids always know you love them." I find the loving part comes natural, it's the
Continue ReadingWhy is it that we have to stand at the threshold of death to honor life? Why does it take putting on our "mourning" black to appreciate the miraculous hue of life? Whether we stand at the graveside or hear in passing an antidote of tragedy, each provides a wake-up
Continue Reading"When you hit the Big Kahuna, Dig In, Paddle Harder" That is what Shane, our cute, shaggy-haired, sun-crusted adventure river guide screamed from the stern of our raft as we entered the Class 4 rapid called the Big Kahuna on the Snake River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this summer. This was
Continue ReadingWalk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet. I almost chuckle at the thought. How does one kiss the earth with their feet? If anyone could do it, it would certainly be the gentle monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. It is his very way of life. Me on
Continue ReadingKintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken porcelain with gold lacquer. It is said to have originated in the late 15th century when the Japanese Emperor sent his damaged pottery back to China to be repaired. He ordered it not to be mended with the traditional
Continue Reading"What if you woke up tomorrow and everything that you forgot to thank God for the day before was taken away." This is my Birthday week! And unlike most who fret, ignore, or lament their birthday
Continue ReadingEvery summer of my childhood my family would load up in the Suburban (six kids, two adults, often a dog, fish, or cat (Oreo had six kittens under my sisters bed one summer!), trunks full of clothes, and a bag full of jelly bellies and head to the South Carolina
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