Day 5: Lessons From The Batters Box
When my oldest son Jacob was almost 9, he switched sports. After playing soccer since he was 3 years old, he made the move to baseball. He played a season of t-ball at 4 and a season of machine pitch at 4, but he barely remembers it. The 9-10 year old league is kid-pitch, and […]
Day 4: Jonah’s Discomfort After the Whale
I’ve read the story of Jonah no less than 50 times. Anyone with children has. We usually focus on the part of the story where Jonah disobeys God and is swallowed by a giant fish where he spent 3 stinky days. Then Jonah obeyed. During my quiet time the other day, I read to the […]
Day 3: When Success Wears the Mask of Failure
“You must determine what success is to you.” The words my friend spoke didn’t seem revolutionary at the time. We were meeting about my future as a writer. I wrote a lot of words from that meeting. This statement was not one of them. I didn’t realize the importance at the time. The words needed […]
Day 2: Fight or Surrender?
“So what are we doing today?” he asked combing his hands through my hair, holding it out to check the length and condition of the ends. “Keep the length mostly. Just clean it up and thin it out. A lot.” Trying to conceal his smirk, he brought the thinning shears over. “Listen, I can thin […]
31 Days of Uncomfortable
You know those times you expect to scan an email or a blog post, pick up the highlights, and move on about your happy day? That was me when I saw Emily Freeman’s post about the 31 day challenge to write. Curiosity piqued. I read further. I even went so far as to click over […]
What I Learned in September
I’m linking up to Chatting At The Sky today with a list of what I learned in September. I like this idea for the simple reason that I can make this an intentional way of learning a little bit more about myself….and the world around me. It forces me to stop and think back on […]
