Lately I’ve been thinking — a lot — about how the world works. What I keep coming back to is this idea of balance. Not in the “even / level” sense of balance — but in the “ebb and flow / to and fro / rise and fall” sense. In the sense of fluctuating between […]
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Last Words
I yelled at my daughter in the school drop-off lane this morning. I’m not proud of that. School drop-off and pick-up are particular forms of torture for parents and children alike. With additional rules and processes in place to prevent the spread of COVID, it’s not just torture — it can be hell. I pulled […]
The P Word: A Rant
This week is trying to eat me alive. I feel like I’ve been putting out fires for clients and scrambling to get my team members what they need to do their jobs since I got out of bed Monday morning — but I didn’t really get out of bed, because I had a bug Sunday night through […]
Shifting Gears Without Losing Momentum
I’ve been really struggling with the paranormal novel I’ve been working on (working title Thorns of Summer). I’ve been writing for hours after the kids go to bed, and barely squeezing out 250 words. It has been painful. I knew where the story was going, but I couldn’t quite get the characters there — and […]
All Play and No Work Makes Me a Bump on a Log
I came across this quote the other day that rankled me … “Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting. Never do anything else.” —Martha Beck, from Finding Your Way in a Wild New World I’ll tell you a little secret: Left to my own devices, I’d sleep all day […]
Loving My Neighbor from Behind a Mask
Recently, I got the opportunity to go to (socially distanced, masked up) church with a friend. I usually watch church at home these days (and not every week, sadly), so going in person is a rare treat. As this friend and I were talking before worship began, they shared with me how many of the […]
