"Be safe." I can't tell you the number of times people have said that to me. I always want to say, "No, I'll be reckless." I don't though because I know that's not what they mean. Usually, they're referring to things I have very little control over: flights, road conditions, terrorist attacks. What they really mean is "be careful" because they want me to be ...
Five Minute Friday
Five Minute Friday: Breathe
Out of the corner of my eye I saw my eleven year old lifting her younger sister onto her shoulders today. I almost passed out. I'm not kidding. I had to command myself to breathe, to relax, to let go. To trust. It's a little problem I have, this freezing with fear from time to time. Last spring, in Kenya, I watched a kid climb to the highest branches of an ...
4 Ways to Find Freedom in the Fact God is in Control
God is in control. That truth has been life to me this past week so when I saw that Kate chose "control" as the prompt for Five Minute Friday this week, I knew I would need more than five minutes. I wrote the first part in about five minutes; the rest took some pondering. I hope both parts will bless you today. This past week has felt like much longer. In fact, ...
Five Minute Friday: Refine Me
I am joining Kate and the Five Minute Friday crew again this week. Join us! It's a great community of writers who love to encourage each other! This week's prompt is "refine." It just never stops, does it? This process of improving. This week, I've tweaked our homeschool schedule, rearranged my Pinterest boards, and updated numerous old blog ...