This is one of my favorite sayings in life.  Progress, not perfection.  I learned it about five years ago.  I’m quick to admit that with an achiever personality, I have strived to reach unrealistically high expectation time and time again.  I’ve always wanted to be a champion, to do it at break neck speeds and […]

  It truly is the little things in life that bring great joy.  For my family it’s Mug Rootbeer Mondays that bring joy to the beginning of our week.   Each Monday I have an agreement with my two children that if we can get up, get going and get out of the house on […]

“Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.” Matthew 6:20 NLT What are treasures to be stored in heaven?  I believe I have a good understanding of earthy treasures.  There are pictures, advertisements, billboards, commercials and displays all around me.  Cars, jewelry, vacations, home […]

Oh my dear readers, I must begin this morning by asking for your forgiveness.  I am sorry that I have long been away.  It’s like Paul says in the Bible in Romans 7:15 “I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it”.  I fall prey to […]

Today is a day filled with little wonders; a day sprinkled with tiny morsels of love, of encouragement, of passion and of prayer.  The key is to be aware so when we see it, we can acknowledge the blessing and savor it. I am going through a major time of transition in my life.  I […]