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Thankful Thursday – Southern Oregon Summer

My gracious in-laws offered us the use of their home in Medford, Oregon while they're travelling (French & Italian Riviera). We had been planning a camping road-trip around college visits for Teen, but our kids gently pointed out that, ahem, as Scouts they camp all the time, and could we please not camp on vacation? Especially … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Southern Oregon Summer

Thankful Thursday – Week of July 4th, 2016

Today didn't go as planned. I had to work through, pray through, a few unanticipated and frustrating speed bumps before I could return to gratitude. Yet my issues are annoyances, mere splinters compared with the unanticipated life-demolishing road blocks others have experienced today, this week. My reasons for gratitude remain huge, while others grieve. I don't have … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Week of July 4th, 2016

Fighting for Creative Space

[My blog went dark last week due to computer complications, so you get a bonus Create Challenge post this week--lucky you!] Today's post comes from a woman who grew up around the corner from my childhood home and yet I've never known her well. I'm a smidge older and, as kids tend to group up by age/grade, … Continue reading Fighting for Creative Space

Creative Passions

Back in junior high, Nikki and I created drama. In high school band, we created music (and still, drama). We've put a lot of years and miles between those energetic girls and the women we've become, but we both still manage to create. And here we are, creating together again. Create Challenge #14: Nikki Norman The word create is … Continue reading Creative Passions

Thankful Thursday – Hufflepuff & Blooms

So uncharacteristic, I began running about six weeks ago. Once-twice a week became two-three times a week became daily. Huh, I'm running! Not a runner, but running no less. About four weeks in I felt a funny coldness in my throat. Then a cough developed, non-productive, just annoying. Then I couldn't breath deeply - butterflies fluttered … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Hufflepuff & Blooms

Thankful Thursday – Burstin’ Blooms

SO much for which to be thankful! * A restful spring break. * 270+ church friends built 12 homes and one classroom in Mexico. * Teen stayed safe and had (occasionally ridiculous) fun playing rugby in Italy. * Great worship experiences over the last three weeks. * Tween has The Best Trumpet Teacher who makes … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – Burstin’ Blooms

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Today's guest post writer has been a thoughtful and generous friend for close to ten years. We have been in Bible studies and women's groups together and, crucial to my professional life, she makes beautiful the words I write/edit for our church publications. I deeply admire her creative talents and the way she intertwines prayer … Continue reading create.

Leap of Faith

You know those people you esteem at a distance? Shirley is one of those women in my life. Our kids have traveled together through elementary school and now into middle school, but she has a daughter and I have a son and so our social overlap has lacked. Yet I have watched with deep respect as Shirley has invested in her passion and … Continue reading Leap of Faith

Thankful Thursday – A Poem & Pictures

In honor of International Women's Day on March 8th, here is a Maya Angelou poem interspersed with pictures of recent moments which made me feel grateful for this life. Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I … Continue reading Thankful Thursday – A Poem & Pictures

An Expressive Outlet

Create Challenge Guest Post Day has made Wednesdays my 2016 favorite day of the week! As a writer, there is so much about today's post that resonates with me: the desire/need to release words into the world; the joy in the process and relief at its end; the writing-editing tension; and procrastination, because laundry. When we attended … Continue reading An Expressive Outlet