"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and…
Ahhhh, it's a quiet Saturday evening. The kids are all tucked in. PJ is preparing for tomorrow. And I'm settling in for my weekly alone time. The best of Handel is playing on the kitchen speaker. The fake fireplace is glowing. I just finished a rejuvenating Pilates routine. And I'm ready to spend some time…
Driving in the rain today. Not the beautiful day for a drive that I was hoping for, but enjoying being off-island for 24 hours. We're on our way to our annual associational church family camp and looking forward to reconnecting with our extended church family here on the east coast. We wrapped up the…
It's been awhile since I shared an entry from my commonplace book. To be honest, it's been awhile since I've read anything worth entering in my commonplace book. I'm lucky these days to have time to hurriedly scan my childrens' chapters for each week's school work. Anyway, I was skimming this week through some entries…
Just popping in to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! We had a full day of worship, family time, good food (really good food) and giving thanks for all of it. I leave you today with a quote from my Commonplace Book... ...at the age of forty-something, I could finally accept that the only…
My Peace in the Puzzle 