I love when we turn the clocks back in the fall, not because of the early darkness that settles in before dinner, but because for the first day or two, I feel like I have more time. That’s a crazy concept! For a few fleeting moments I feel as though I’ve accomplished more. When I look at the clock and expect it to be three o’clock in the afternoon, it reads half past one. (more…)
“A baby’s hands in Bethlehem were small and softly curled, but held within their dimpled grasp, the hope of the world.” ~ Leslie Savage
When I first became a mother, Grandma Betty held our little angel and rocked her. As she spoke, I remember her unfolding our first born’s hands and saying, “I always wonder what a baby’s hands will do when they grow up.” Dare I say I’ve never looked at anyone’s hands the same again? (more…)
You are beautiful. You are enough.
Imperfections. Flaws. We all have them, yet we live in a fast society with a freeway for perfectionism, a journey we sometimes take without even realizing it. We are only “just enough” if we have the “right” things…a house, a partner, a car, children, the newest fads, an ideal body, membership or belonging in social clubs, a temper that never flares, feelings of steel that are never hurt, and a heart that’s never been broken. Am I relevant enough? Am I contributing enough? Am I loving enough? Am I successful enough? Am I “pinteresty” enough? And the list could go on and on… (more…)