Category Perseverance

Simple and Sweet

Eleven days ago my husband and I celebrated our 16th Wedding Anniversary.  It was absolutely wonderful.  If I was to put it into the best words that I could, it was simple and sweet.  What did we do to celebrate?  Not much.  We exchanged some sweet greeting cards and went out for a simple dinner […]

Superb Frustration…or…Sweet Secret

What are those things you do that no one seems to know about? Behind the scenes prep work.  Long hours of clean up.  The extra embellishments poured over to make it just right.  Catering to everyone’s request and demand.  All those thoughts that tumble through your mind; thinking about upcoming activities, messages to communicate, supplies […]

What Am I Asking For?

Do you ever have one of those moments that just stops you in your tracks?  The kind that makes you realize that you do not know as much as you thought you did.  The kind that makes you feel like you really need some more lessons in a certain subject to help you grow. I […]

Press on Beautiful, Press on

This morning I feel so overwhelmed, anxious and afraid.  There are things that I have to do today that I would rather not do.  I would like to ignore them.  I would like to avoid them.  I would like excuse myself from participating in them.  Instead, I would like to go find something that is […]

Building Perseverance

Perseverance is the quality that allows someone to continue trying to do something even though it is difficult. Perseverance is also my word of the year, my personal theme of improvement for 2014. To be honest with you, there have been times this year where I wished I had picked a better word, perhaps Fun […]