After school drop-off, after a mellow stroll at the park with the dogs, I flopped in my favorite chair, holding the arm rests as if I might slide to the floor. I felt gutted, empty, numb. Somewhere in the wee waking hours, my goal of practicing yoga that morning had withered; the pounding in my … Continue reading Hollow-ing
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Back Up
I've been unintentionally off the blog for two weeks. Unintentionally, because my computer was hacked three times in three months. The first time, in April, we didn't know my computer was the hacker's way in. Hacked again exactly one month later, I happened to be on my computer and watched as I was locked out, … Continue reading Back Up
When It Clicks
College, first semester freshman year, I had a professor (in a non-writing class) who taught me one of the most useful skills I have ever learned: freewriting. "For the next minute [or three, or five], put pencil to paper and Do Not Stop! If you cannot think of anything to write, write that. If that … Continue reading When It Clicks
Re:Create • Sanctified Imagination
Pictures of cute kittens and babies aside, one of the more useful benefits of social media is connecting with people you haven't seen in a while. That's exactly what happened when, a few years ago, I got a message from a friend I hadn't seen in over 20 years. He had stumbled across our church … Continue reading Re:Create • Sanctified Imagination
re:create recess
In 2015 I decided to adopt a word (actually, a phrase) that significantly affected my decision-making: put yourself in the way of beauty. Unlike any resolution or goal setting before it, that phrase began a work in my being--mind, heart, body, soul--that continues to this day. Create was my 2016 theme, and it picked up … Continue reading re:create recess
Create Challenge Top 10
During 2016 I invited people I admire for a host of reasons to guest post on Miracles in the Mundane. The topic: creativity. Wednesday became one of my favorite days of the week for having the opportunity to share their stories of creativity, expressed in as many ways as individuals: writing, painting, poetry, business, and relationships. … Continue reading Create Challenge Top 10
2016 Create Challenge & (Re)Discovering My POV
Just about a year ago, my brother-in-law and I discussed creativity as we washed Christmas china. We hatched a plan to invite people to post on my blog about creativity. As a result, this year 39 people have guest-posted, one friend 2x, and I have been moved, inspired, blessed. Throughout this year, I have heard two … Continue reading 2016 Create Challenge & (Re)Discovering My POV
So Many Words
Some days I feel crazy, like the words are eating me from the inside out. I haven’t written in a few days, haven’t had even a spare minute to grab the computer. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. I just haven’t gotten the words down on screen/paper. The words don’t stop. They don't … Continue reading So Many Words
Creating a Written History
For all the crazy social media hoists onto our lives, it can also create sweet connections. Today's guest writer and I attended the same college for a couple of years before life took us in different directions. But Facebook, and then blogging, allowed us to reconnect as friends and mothers and women making sense of life through … Continue reading Creating a Written History
What I Didn’t Pack
Today's guest post comes from a dear friend. Guy and I were in a church Community Group with Brad and his wife Shawn; for many years we and another few couples met regularly to discuss God's Word and pray together. We also shared a lot of life, good food and drink, service and outreach, and knit ourselves … Continue reading What I Didn’t Pack