Personal Growth
Focus.
The goats forage outside my work room window. Leah, the very pregnant farm cat, wanders noiselessly through their pen. In the background I hear Elise’s quiet voice as she reads to the boys. How do I store up these quiet moments so that I can remain peaceful in the hectic ones? How do I remain [...]
And then there was joy . . .
Someone recently asked me about my blog name, and I thought it would be best to answer her with a post. The name originated with the idea in Psalm 30:5- For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. [...]
On Blogging.
This blog post is not about food or about family, but it is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I love writing blogs. I like to read blogs as well, though I’ll be honest that there are only a very few I read consistently as I just don’t have the time in the [...]
Dissatisfaction
I’ve been in kind of a funk lately. I think if I had to put a name to it I would have to call it dissatisfaction. I’ve been doing a lot of feeling sorry for myself lately. I am enjoying all my hobbies immensely. John says I should be careful how much time I spend [...]
Made in God’s image.
Lately, I’ve been dealing with stress, some anxiety, and more emotions. Perhaps it is just that added stress from The Baby Habit is putting me in a more fragile state, which then leads to feeling more emotions and anxiety. Whatever it is, this 4th year since Emma’s death has been in many ways harder than [...]
Life as a single Mom.
I think it safe to say that I do not really enjoy life as a single mom. But I am learning some things about myself while John is gone, and though some of them are not pleasant revelations, they will turn out for the good I think. I would like to share some of what [...]
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