Tag: Jesus
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What Does It Feel Like To Be Safe?
They hadn’t been with us in almost two years. When you’re young, people are easily forgotten in that timeframe. Being a relative doesn’t matter if there’s no sense of trust and safety. When my son’s family came for the holidays, their three young boys took some time to warm up to us. We had only…
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Pause Before You Hurry On
Cal is almost three and has become a mina bird of repetition. We all need to be cautious of what we say around him because he will repeat it–often with the correct context. We gathered on our porch a few nights ago, sitting around the fire pit because it was brutally cold–the high 60s. His…
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The Gift Of Today
2021 has finally arrived. The new year brings the hope of change, doing life differently. The beauty in life, however, is the wonder of each new day giving us a chance to show up as our best selves. To live life now, being present with our circumstances and people around us. Making each day count.…
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Unlimited Hope; Unimaginable Grace
There are many who are anxiously awaiting the end of this year. As if 2020 has been the worst of the worst for everyone in the world. It has been a challenge for all of us globally. The pandemic has colored our experience and given us new norms and words to describe our experience: masks,…
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Life Can Be Prickly
We’ve had unseasonably cold weather for Florida. It drops into the low 30’s at night, which for someone raised in the Midwest shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve lived in hot and humid long enough that it’s a huge deal. Even for those who are visiting who come from cold and snowy climes, this is…
Tip of My Iceberg 