Need a hero?
"A hero's not afraid to give his lifeA hero's gonna save me just in time." ~ "Hero," by Skillet Yes…in case you didn't know…I love Rock & Roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby. From Skillet's...
Winter’s Tune: Poetic (in)couragement
Frozen fairy dust Magic sprinkled from Heaven Sin cleansed white as snow. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A long time ago in a far away land, I hosted a . I loved encouraging others to write poetry, something I discovered for...
What you’re designed to do, whether or not you realize it…
I want to push you, swiftly and hard. Not in the way that bruises knees and pride but in the way a mama bird nudges her lovies out of the nest. She knows they're capable of doing so much more, that they only need a little encouragement. Mama knows...
Levity of the male persuasion
Realizing I was out of coffee tonight angrily demanded I make a grocery run when it was the last thing in the world I wanted to do. Well, a much uglier fate would have been not discovering our dilemma until morning–hell hath no fury like a woman...
We interrupt your work day…
When asks me to "jump", because I trust it's for good reason, I simply say, "How high?" I can't help it…it's easy to follow a hero. You already know about Haiti's devastation…loss of property…loss of...
Haiti ~ How YOU can help
Though the news out of Haiti is not good news, I'm heartened to see such quick calls to action from those who can offer help. Everywhere I look online, social media is being used for good…and though this is widespread and different, it reminds me...
Until today, I had never heard the word “Maasai”…
What is even more thrilling…life affecting…important to me than a blogging conference with 500 of my blogging BFFs and meeting Harry Connick, Jr.? A million children I will never meet. Last Spring I had the dream-come-true privilege of traveling...
Love lettered
One day I returned home to find my daughter's friends had graffitied the hall mirror at the top of our stairs… They're teenagers…and I haven't been able to bring myself to Windex their sweetness. Would you? {And, at least it...
When Harry met Sally Blissdom
In less than a month I'll be returning to Nashville for Blissdom '10, a blogging conference touted as "the premier conference for women" and all I can say about that is a) it is wonderful to meet in person those women with whom I already enjoy...