The gratitude hierarchy

It seems like every time I turn around I am hearing someone talk about making a gratitude list. I think it’s a great idea, but as I have admitted in the past, I have had a mental block about how to create one in a way that actually helps me access the “feels” that comeContinue reading “The gratitude hierarchy”

Interval training

I have a challenge for you. Or maybe it’s better to say that I invite you to join me in a challenge. Lately I have been thinking about the principle of interval training and how it relates to so much more than exercise. In case you aren’t familiar with it (intervals or this mysterious thingContinue reading “Interval training”

Watch YourSelf(ie)

I recently purchased a new piece of jewelry. It’s so cool! It wraps around my wrist, looks pretty cute and does the most amazing thing: it tells me what time it is. And that’s all it tells me. It doesn’t tell me when someone calls, that someone needs to see a house, what the weatherContinue reading “Watch YourSelf(ie)”

Unpacking MENDED

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-have-a-word-with-you/id1628668707?i=1000619236504 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tZk7O60ySvED9WKiWam9Y?si=JwXNCd16Rle2ZG0sePfV2A https://anchor.fm/canihaveawordwithyou/episodes/Unpacking-MENDED-e26hbl4 In this Episode of “Can I Have a Word With You?” Bruce and Heather discuss the topic of being MENDED. Physically, Spiritually and Mentally.Wounds are a part of life. Bruce shares the recent opportunity to speak at the Mended Hearts organization and share his mother’s Medical Miracle of her heart emergency duringContinue reading “Unpacking MENDED”

Fragmented

I may have mentioned this a few hundred times in previous blogs, but occasionally I get sidetracked and start writing for the wrong reasons. I start writing because I feel like I should or “have to” so people keep reading, I don’t lose traction or risk being forgotten as a writer altogether. I sometimes writeContinue reading “Fragmented”

Unpacking GRANTED

When you think of GRANTED what comes to mind? Maybe being taking or taken for? Or maybe received as a gift?In this episode, Bruce and Heather unpack the two ways this word can impact our lives.GRANTEDGreedy | GratefulRegardless | RespectedAssumed | AppreciatedNarcissistic | Not but for GraceTaken as owed | ThankfulExpected | EmbracedDemanded | DeeplyContinue reading “Unpacking GRANTED”

Disintegration

Life has been pretty chaotic for me the past few months. Some of the chaos was bad—like my son getting hit by a car and all that goes with that. Some of the chaos has been good—like Blake’s mom being here for a week and my mom here for a week shortly after that. ForContinue reading “Disintegration”

I Wanna Be a Hosta!

It’s hotter than Hades here in Illinois. So, naturally, we picked this week to plant grass seed and new shrubs (which I purchased at the bargain price of “buy it now for practically nothing because it could potentially die on your drive home”). I took approximately 3 showers yesterday just from doing regular life stuff.Continue reading “I Wanna Be a Hosta!”

Soaked

OK, So…I have written about 146 blogs since this Leukemia nonsense began. When I was in the hospital or just sitting around my house recovering from chemo and preparing for the next round, I had blog ideas rolling through my head at all times. I couldn’t write fast enough to get them all out ofContinue reading “Soaked”

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