This month, I’m reading and journaling through Illustrated Faith‘s devotional kit for September – Word Nerd 2020. This devotional has four sessions, each with a focus word and prompts to complete a word study. The first session is on the word Meditate which means to think very deeply or carefully about something. I focused on …
Strength for the humble
Monday was the first day back to school for us. As I mentioned last week, our family has been homeschooling for the past four years. However, this year, we enrolled the kids in public school and will be doing online learning. Live lessons with a teacher are estimated to start next week and the kids …
When life doesn’t seem all that sweet
The Fall always brings major change in my life. I was born in the fall. Two of my kids were also born in the Fall. I’ve moved several times, again, in the Fall. The past few weeks have been very overwhelming with lots of new things happening so I’m just not ready for anything more. …
A prescription for happiness
I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was anticipating a challenging week. Well, it was that indeed! There were migraines. Sleep issues. Extreme fatigue and more. The worst of it was that I accidentally spilled water on my laptop and it fried. Thankfully, my files were recovered, but it’s taken a while to get …
Simply gratitude
I’m anticipating this week will be a challenging one. I’m not really sure why, it’s just a feeling. My mind tends to follow my body. By that I mean, if I feel bad physically, then my mind tends to be more negative. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve had to be very intentional …
Living our best lives
As I mentioned in a previous post, the message I’ve been getting lately is to just have fun in everything I do. Whether that is any work that I’m assigned. Caring for my kids at home. Chores. The tasks that seem more mundane. And, even the hobbies; the things that are supposed to be fun …