Category Archives: Brokenness

Let your light so shine

It’s that time of year again. Time to pull out my Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light, Christmas Devotional (read my blog “Painter of light” from December 2015 to refresh your memory on his story). I have been reading this every year for about 25 years. Sometimes I lose steam after Christmas, and even though theContinueContinue reading “Let your light so shine”

“Though the doors were locked…”

By now, some of you have read enough of my blogs to understand my unique daily reading plan. I could market said plan as “Rabbit Trail Reading Plan” or “ADD Reading Plan”, both catering to busy, scattered, impatient and focus-challenged individuals who are doing the best they can to grow up mentally, spiritually and emotionally.ContinueContinue reading ““Though the doors were locked…””

Trash Talk

Our city has a pre-Christmas tradition. Since 1989 an event called the “Festival of Trees” takes place at the fairgrounds. Various local companies decorate (or hire someone to decorate) an artificial tree, and other companies purchase it for an exorbitant amounts of money which is then donated to a local hospital. There is always aContinueContinue reading “Trash Talk”

My drug of choice

Just based on principle, I probably shouldn’t be writing right now. But I feel like the only way to clear my head is to reason things out on “paper” so I don’t go insane. Saturdays are hard for me be cause there is no routine. No agenda. And my family seems to be fine withContinueContinue reading “My drug of choice”

Timing is everything

“The waiting is hardest part.” -Tom Petty (1950-2017) It feels like it’s been a long time since I wrote last. Which is interesting to me since I have been reflecting on the concept of “time and timing” over the past few days. These thoughts on timing came to me in a very profound and illuminatingContinueContinue reading “Timing is everything”

God knows and sees: Good news or bad?

I love it when a good blog comes together. Well, whether or not it’s good is yet to be seen, but the topic itself is solid. Believe it or not, every once in a while I am at a loss about what to write. If there’s anything I have learned in this writing journey isContinueContinue reading “God knows and sees: Good news or bad?”

Peaceful Protest Part 3 (a.k.a “The guy with the gun”)

One more blog. Part 3 of Peaceful Protest and then I promise to move on. But there is one player from that night that keeps coming to my mind. And, as usual, I have a few things to say about how his presence that night helped me learn some truths about my own, everyday life.ContinueContinue reading “Peaceful Protest Part 3 (a.k.a “The guy with the gun”)”

Peaceful Protest: Part 2 (Aka “The little red dress”)

About that dress…that red and pink dress I mentioned I was wearing while trying to remain low-profile as an observer at a protest last weekend… I love that dress. I bought it at a second hand store to take with me on my trip to Paris a few months ago. It’s colorful and sassy andContinueContinue reading “Peaceful Protest: Part 2 (Aka “The little red dress”)”

Peaceful protest:It’s time to fight

A few months back I bought tickets for my husband and i to see a comedian in St. Louis this weekend. How could we have known that it would fall the day after a white police officer in that area was acquitted for shooting an African American teenager several years back? We ate a leisurely,ContinueContinue reading “Peaceful protest:It’s time to fight”

Myself! Myself! Myself!

I was talking with a friend a couple of days ago who has a story that rivals any memoir I have ever read about dysfunctional families. I told her she should write her own book. She basically told me, “No way! I don’t want to sit down and think about any of that on purpose!”ContinueContinue reading “Myself! Myself! Myself!”