Some moments are memorable for the wrong reasons. I love the ones that are memorable for the right ones. A couple of weeks ago, I posted this question: “Today would be even better if __________.”My answer was simple: a little more time with the people I love. And God answered. Last week, we had all…
Thankful Thursdays
What if every step we take could help change a child’s future? I believe it can. That’s why I’m proud to be participating in a cause that means so much to me. This is our eighth year walking as Team Rx for the Soul in support of the incredible kids and families at St. Jude…
Thankful Thursdays
People sometimes ask me how I come up with a Thankful Thursday post week after week. Maybe it’s because there is always something to be grateful for. Not because life is perfect or because everything goes the way we planned. But because even in the middle of the challenges, there’s usually something worth noticing and…
Thankful Thursdays
I woke up yesterday thinking about math. Probably because I had a day of paying bills ahead of me. What a nightmare! I so disliked math in school. Got me thinking how, once upon a time, math symbols were pretty straightforward. A minus sign meant subtraction, a plus sign meant addition, and so on. These…
Thankful Thursdays
Our hearts are especially full this Thankful Thursday. On June 2, Lauren and Kevin welcomed their beautiful baby boy into the world. What an incredible blessing for our family! As we celebrate this precious new life, I find myself reflecting on something I wrote years ago about motherhood: “E-Ticket, Please” Before I share it, a…
Thankful Thursdays
We’re human, not machines, and somehow people still manage to find the exact buttons to push. But not everything deserves access to our emotions, our energy, or our peace of mind. I found a possible antidote: “HOW TO STAY UNBOTHERED IN ANY SITUATION: Not everything deserves your reaction.Silence is not weakness — it is mastery….
Thankful Thursdays
Remember those “Corona house arrest” days when we were all searching for projects to stay sane? Danny and I spent part of that time digging through old VHS tapes and mini cassettes to digitize them. Before long, we were laughing, crying, and reliving birthdays, vacations, holidays, and everyday moments we hadn’t seen in decades. It…
Thankful Thursdays
This feels a little too relatable, so I had to share. 😅 “A PRAYER FOR THE DAYDear God, so far today, I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, and I haven’t lost my temper. I haven’t been grumpy, nasty, or selfish, and I’m really glad of that! But in a few minutes, God, I’m going…
Thankful Thursdays
Yesterday I teleported to work. It was a thing of beauty. Wishful thinking. No pero really, every light was green, every road was open, the drawbridge was down, no slow crawl up the parking garage ramp, and both elevators opened right when I pressed the button. It felt like the universe was clearing a path…
Thankful Thursdays
A little humor and much-needed reality check for today… How enlightened are we, really? 😬 IF…. If you can live without caffeine (what??),If you can be cheerful while your body sounds like a bowl of Rice Krispies,If you can resist complaining, even when your WiFi is acting like it’s on vacation,If you can understand when…