Living in the Midst
Are you tired? Or is it just me? It seems like I’m sleeping well every other night. That’s not good for me. 8-9 hours of sleep nightly is what my body prefers. When I don’t reach that goal my mood begins to change. With additional nights of less sleep my mind begins to spin out… Continue reading Is It Just Me?
Another milestone is upon me… my journal only has a few pages left. In fact, I think it will be complete after my writing group call tomorrow. The beginning of my journal I remember where I was when I opened this journal — Houston, TX in the fall of 2018 for a conference. I was… Continue reading My Journal
Trust is my word for 2020. I mean, come on. Since taking on a word of the year, I have a practice of checking in on it every June. So, here is my check in on trust! In my first post of 2020 I shared how I had just finished my book proposal. I wrote… Continue reading A Check In on Trust
Times like these calls for grace upon grace, don’t you think? 20/20 Vision 2020 started out with retreats and workshops all playing on the idea of 20/20 vision. There was this hope that 2020 would bring something new, maybe a revival of sorts. Of course, we wanted that revival to be easy and calm. We… Continue reading Grace Upon Grace
If you haven’t picked up on this yet, I like my routines. It helps me keep order in my life. One of my routines is to write a weekly blog post. However, as of yesterday evening I didn’t have any well-formed thoughts in my head, so I decided to let the routine go. I was… Continue reading Always Infertile
My thoughts are all over the place this week — I don’t think that’s uncommon. Bear with me as I share a few ideas on anger. Maggie's technique My niece has a unique way of showing her anger — at least I’ve never seen this kind of display before. You can tell it’s about to… Continue reading On Anger
Earlier this week I sent out my last newsletter for a while (forever?). In it I listed places where people can continue to read my writing, including this blog. I even suggested they subscribe to this blog so they’ll receive a notification in their inbox every Friday morning, because I post a new blog every… Continue reading Connecting the Dots
It was kind of a whim. I figured I’d send a few notes by snail mail while I was home. I said I’d continue doing this each day while we were asked to stay home. I didn’t expect to be here two months later still writing daily notes. I didn’t think I’d still be home… Continue reading Daily Notes
When does something stop being normal? For years my normal was: wake up, drive to work, work, drive home. That was normal during the week and on the weekends I did things out of the norm, like sleep in, not shower, stay home. Over two months ago now that normal changed to: wake up, Brad… Continue reading Another New Normal
A friend recently asked if I’d tell her about Mother’s Day, so here I am telling you too. I don’t go to church on Mother’s Day anymore. Well, to be completely honest, I don’t go to church much at all anymore. But, that’s a post for another day. A whole church service all about mothers?… Continue reading About Mother’s Day