Reality Check

“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” C.S. Lewis If you have the opportunity to have a few little people in your life, thank heaven! We are so blessed. Love,...

Balancing Beam

Being at home. Taking a class. Reading stories together. Quiet time alone. Cooking dinner. Having breakfast…again. Volunteering for a good cause. Learning to say no. Time alone with your spouse. Time with the whole family. Developing a talent or pursuing an...

“No Capes!”

{Name that movie!} Very simply stated, if we begin to feel that life is too much and we couldn’t possibly do all that is “required” of us, then it is time to take stock. I’m not referring to the requirements of the every day demands of caring...

The Cat

My dad has a saying, one of many, that he offers to me whenever I am wondering if a big job is ever going to be over or if I am just generally being impatient! He says, “It’s just like a cat eating a grindstone.” Kind of a good visual, huh? So much...

Insight

Can you choose your focus? For an hour? For a day? For a week? For a month? I mean, choose it and keep it!  Of all the accomplishments we can shoot for, that single one, of choosing where you are placing your focus and then sustaining that focus, is the great ...