I've never been one for details. My guys are each observant in their own ways: they see things on which I might otherwise impale myself. While in Costa Rica I had to constantly remind myself to notice where my own body parts had landed: were my hands on a railing or my feet on the … Continue reading Thankful Thursday
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Thankful Thursday
Thursday to Thursday has been a harder-than-typical week. Honestly, I've felt more tearful than thankful. But here we are again, Thursday, and I know I have the choice to be Thankful. I turn to my on-page mentor in this regard, Ann Voskamp (One Thousand Gifts)... I wonder too...if the rent in the canvas of our life backdrop, … Continue reading Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
A friend is preparing to sell the home in which she grew up, and though she has grieved her belated parents for some years, she is grieving in new ways. As I listened she continually referred to "my Mom's house" and "my Dad's yard." Intrigued by the distinction, I asked. She explained that her dad came home from … Continue reading Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
"To fully live--to live full of grace and joy and all that is beauty eternal. It is possible, wildly." Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts It has been another fuller-than-full week. We have a three-day weekend ahead, and truly, lots of fun planned with friends from various segments of our lives, but still I brought work … Continue reading Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
Posting again this quote from Nicholson Baker (via Steal Like an Artist): “If you ask yourself ‘What’s the best thing that happened today?’ it actually forces a certain kind of cheerful retrospection that pulls up from the recent past things to write about that you wouldn’t otherwise think about.” –Nicholson Baker You find what you're … Continue reading Thankful Thursday