Category Encouragement

An Extra Day

It’s leap day, February 29th.  How many times have we hoped and wished for just one extra day?  Extra time to do the things we long to do.  Here it is.  Today is the day.  What are you going to do with it? Here’s a kicker to this extra day, this time around leap day […]

More Like Hezekiah

Once upon a time, 1991, there was a whole marketing campaign by Gatorade which featured a song with the lyrics “If I could be like Mike” referring to being like Michael Jordan, the basketball player. I have no idea why, but that silly song popped into my head this morning as I was thinking about […]

Hungry for Joy

Do you have a craving for more joy in your life?  A desire to feel uplifted and hopeful, in a way that helps you rise above the grief, stress and feelings of frustration that circumstances can bring? That is where I am at this morning.  I am hungry for some joy. Let me just begin […]

Wholehearted Awesomeness

If the title of today’s post seems a bit bold and assumptive, it is.  I am hoping it is bold in a way that will make you smile. If the words wholehearted awesomeness alone don’t quite get you to a smile, check this out. The other day my daughter was lavishing herself in a bubble […]

Sustenance and Satisfaction

This is my prayer for myself today, that I would find sustenance and satisfaction in the coming year.  That I would have support, endurance and strength to make it through what lies ahead.  Throughout each day may there be a rich feeling of contentment in my life, that brings joy and even a good helping […]