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The Uncertainty
Uncertainty looms in the atmospheres around. We gather and prepare for situations unlike any before. We look to our news channels our social feeds, our neighbors and families for feelings of familiarity, for safety, for surety. What is fear? What is that tickle inside my being...
Sweet Friendship
Friendships: Defined in Websters dictionary as “affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.” Aristotle described friendship as taking on three forms: “those based on utility, those based on pleasure or delight, and those grounded in...
In All Things: Love – Pregnancy Help Center
Our society writhes in constant longing for the most natural of desire forged within us. It seems that at every bend in the road, every turn of our head, every ad on our screens we are flooded with the need for companionship; telling us how necessary it is for our minds, souls...
Hey Mama?
Hey Mama Hey Mama? You with the sleepy circles under her eyes. You with the baby on your hip and the cold coffee in your hand. You with the draining bank account and the worries that keep you up at night. I see you. I see you waking before the sun most days. I see you tiptoe...
Courage, Dear One.
Courage Dear One A New Year. New promises and new hope for the coming year as fresh as the fallen snow on the ground outside my front door. A new decade to embrace with open arms as we say goodbye to all of our failures and set-backs and wave hello to new adventure and...
At December’s End
The lights have dimmed. The music faded. The aromas have drifted away from warm cinnamons and gingerbreads. The laundry continues to pile and schedules slow-back to their usual pre-holiday chaos. The decorations are packed away as the routine of careers resume their pace. When...
Christmas Chaos
In a world of chaos and bustle, as the streets are lined from taillight to taillight with traffic. As the bells with red kettles ring on every corner and schedules overflow with holiday programs and cookie baking, gift wrapping and Christmas parties... in this season of giving,...
Attitude of Gratitude
Attitude of Gratitude I sit at my desk, working from home as I hear my daughters in the distant living room. They’re bickering over tv channels and baby dolls, yelling (demanding) more snacks from our full pantry. How ungrateful it sounds to me as I find myself in frustration....
“Be The Change”
The seasons are changing. We fade from warm summer nights to brisk fall evenings. Before we know it the rain alters its state, freezing into delicate snowflakes. Bringing with it harsh winters, shorter days and stressful situations. How similar are the shifting seasons to...
Don’t Give Up
When the world is spinning wildly out of control, when the mountains are crumbling and the earth under your feet is quaking…. Don’t Give Up When the fiercest of storms is billowing outside your windows and the waves are crashing down on your feet; When the roof is caving in and...
Seasons
Seasons. Constantly changing as the evolving world around us spins both in and out of control. Sometimes I wish I could halt the forward progress of this crazy life, slow the rhythm of the busyness that becomes the day-to-day routine, take a deep breathe that lasts longer than...
BROKEN
Remember when we were young? Remember being so full of life eagerly watching and waiting impatiently for love? We just knew in our bones what it would look like and feel like. Our future held all the promises that we could ever possibly imagine? Life was abundant in dreams and...