Taking a shower is one of those tasks that in the moment-to-moment daily grind of motherhood can often become the highlight of my day. It is MY time. All by myself. No questions to answer. No needs to be met. Quiet. Solitude. Peace. Door closed….means, “DO NOT BOTHER MOM”. I even tell my little [...]
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The Other Side Of The Curtain…..
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Monday Morning Prayer…..
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
DO IT ANYWAY Mother Teresa People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may [...]
Monday Morning Prayer…..
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lord Over All Terence Chan/Sonicflood Be the reason I live Be my quest, my constant vision Be the water I drink The treasure I seek more than gold Be the fire in my heart My consuming love and passion Be the air that I breathe The song that I sing from my heart and soul [...]
Princess Is My Name….
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My Princess… my chosen one I chose you before the foundation of the earth to be My princess. You are royalty even when you don’t feel like a princess. I will wait for you until you are ready to start living the amazing plans I have for you. I know you don’t know where to [...]
Self-Rejection…..
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have [...]
Assumptions, Babies And Much Laughter…..
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings I have a long-time friend. We spend our time together either laughing or crying….more crying lately….and that’s ok. We all have seasons like this, from time to time, and I have learned to roll with it. The other night we went to [...]
Monday Morning Prayer….
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Deliver me, O Jesus, From the desire of being loved, From the desire of being extolled, From the desire to being honored, From the desire of being praised, From the desire of being preferred, From the desire of being consulted, From the desire of being approved, From the desire of being popular, From the fear [...]
Monday Morning Prayer….
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
FOR LONGING John O’Donohue Blessed be the longing that brought you here And quickens your soul with wonder. May you have the courage to listen to the voice of desire That disturbs you when you have settled for something safe. May you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own unease To discover the [...]
Me, Myself and I
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death ~ourselves. ~Eda LeShan~ I love this quote because it is TRUTH! When things are not going good…..when the panic button is pressed due to my frayed emotional interior…..and I do [...]
The Journey….
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. ~Ursula K. Le Guin~ When I started out as a young adult…..I never looked at life as being a journey. I remember thinking that when I was 39 I would be married 20 years….and be [...]
