Why I refuse to be discouraged (when your scale is a jerk)
I wonder how many times I read about it before taking action. A least a dozen, probably twice that. A Boot Camp offered at my church--I mean, really, how hard could that be? Initially, I wasn't as intimidated by "Boot Camp" as I was by the early start: 5:30am,...
Stammtisch, Stomp Tish and a Little Gastfreundschaft
Here from incourage's Friendship on Purpose series? Won't you please take a moment to subscribe by email or in a reader? Thank you! “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” ~ Henry Valentine Miller To say living in Germany...
Scenes from The Beauty of Grace Book Launch Party
"...three of my favorite short stories included in this book were written by women I had never even heard of until I opened this book....My absolute favorite story was written by Robin Dance entitled, "The Generous, Very Kind Gift.” Author Robin Dance tells the...
Wondering about the origin of Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s first book after 55 years?
It's perfect, really, how this went down. Poetic even. A recluse since the success and acclaim of her first published and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Harper Lee - or more accurately, Harper Lee's people - dropped a literary bomb: she wrote another book. despite...
Free Coffee Every Day in February at Chick-fil-A!
My husband has a new love and he's been raving about her ever since his discovery: Thrive coffee at Chick-fil-A, brewed Euro-style with a silky, crema sheen. Delicious-tasting and a great story? I can't help but shout it from the rooftop! Their coffee is...
Around/About: The “Beauty of Grace” Edition #beautyofgrace
Years ago, I crossed paths with a blogger when we both took one of those online quizzes that determined your Celebrity Soul Mates. We both ended up with George Clooney. Later we would go on to meet in real life at a writer's conference, and when incourage first...
The sweet reminder
When things go according to the way they should, your children will leave you. It's a sobering thought if you're lightyears away from that day, but time can be a jerk, stretching days impossibly long but shriveling years tiny, so when the time comes you shake your...
WHAT is the Whole30? (Plus an EASY, delicious compliant recipe)
I have never been better at numbering my days-- Day 20 of Whole30; Day 8 of 18 sessions of Boot Camp. Neither is easy for me and there are days I am ready to quit ALL of it. But I won't and here's why: compelling motive, accountability, fun (are you kidding me?)...
Last things || On Letting Go and Empty Nests
I can feel it, this thing. It hangs in the air like a winter's dingy fog, filling space and controlling the atmosphere of the soul. Foreboding. Present. A dread. The gray slithers in, a quiet bully, trying to make me forget the sun is just beyond that somber wall....