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If Today You Were Shunned

(I wrote this post in the time it takes to boil water for mac and cheese. This will make you think I am either brilliant or lazy. I don’t care. Enjoy.) I was a freshman in high school. I remember it like it just happened. (don’t worry, this isn’t actually a violent or abusive story. …

Gap Year Update – Week 3

I THINK this is week 3. Is it week 3 or week 4? I really need to pull out a calendar and figure out what day it is. Having finished my first travel adventure, I have now settled into a somewhat predictable pattern on this sabbatical/gap year of mine. I actually do love routine, and …

Gap Year Update! A Mom’s Sabbatical

Haven’t updated ya’ll in a minute on where I am with my planning and scheming for my Mom’s Gap Year! It’s sort of like Eat, Pray, Love but with no foreign lovers because I am madly devoted to my sweet husband. Also that’s not really my style. It’s a sabbatical, of sorts, because I’m using …

The Art of Being Still

It feels lately as though the universe is sending me a message. Does that ever happen to you? Multiple times a day from multiple sources, I’ll read something or see something that all relate to a common theme: stillness. Or sometimes it’s boredom, or maybe it’s rest, but the signs are all pointing to the …

Help! I Hate My Job!

I’ve been working since I was 18 years old and I am now 47. I’ll let you do the math. Oh, never mind, I’ll do it for you, that’s 29 years of working. In that time, I’ve loved many of my jobs. I mean the kind of love where you literally jump out of bed …

Do You Need to Have a Scary Conversation

There are few things in life I value more than honest communication. It basically goes like this: Jesus, my family, my dogs, honest communication. No, wait, maybe Jesus, my family, my dogs, tacos and THEN honest communication. But it’s big for me. REAL BIG. But the thing about honest communication is that it can be …