cultivating me

These past few weeks I’ve been struggling with keeping the house together.  It seems no matter how much I clean, the mess just does not seem to go away.  It got me thinking.  I know other families whose homes always seem so clean and more importantly so much cleaner than mine.  I know I have [...]

Lessons are like life’s simple pleasures, they are everywhere. Some weeks hold more lessons than others and some lessons are more profound than others.  It’s been nice to have the opportunities to be on the look out for them. Here’s what I learned this week. I have amazing kids! If I my kids know that [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was talking with my Aunt about some things going on in my life and about my struggle to understand God.  I mentioned I was angry at God but somehow found that anger comforting – I mean if I’m angry at the guy,  that at least means he’s there to [...]

So I made a Life List.  It’s not done yet but I keep adding to it as things occur to me.  I’ve changed and edited it along the way too and it will probably always be ‘in progress’.  The simple act of writing these things down has changed my whole outlook on life. I see [...]

This morning, like most mornings, I woke up at 6:15 and like most mornings the first thing I did was to I reach over and turn off the alarm. My alarm happens to be my phone and so naturally the next thing I did was check my email, twitter and facebook accounts.  WAIT….WHAT?!? Naturally that’s [...]

This past week has been entirely absurd and I’m glad it has passed.  I’m also glad that over the past couple of days I’ve been able to take the time to learn a few things along the way. i use anger as a defense mechanism when i’m angry i don’t like to talk and i [...]

I read this book with my youngest son.  Actually we read it together – one chapter a night, taking turns reading out loud.  As a family we have become so very busy.  I have gotten caught up in staying on schedule and planning ahead that I have let opportunities to spend extra time with the [...]

Our family is having a gift exchange this year and I’ve been struggling with what to get the people we’ve been assigned.  Frankly, it made me quite the cranky pants!  A great deal has changed in the last 24 hours as I finally began to think of things to get – things I think people [...]

Thursdays are usually left over nights in our house.  However, more often these days, leftovers get packed up in school/work lunches.  It’s not such a big deal except when I forget they get eaten and then, like last night, realize the one sole enchilada remaining wasn’t going to be enough.  As my son and I [...]

These are my daughter’s own words.  If it wasn’t clear to me how grown up she is and is getting, it sure is now!! Pay close attention to the last paragraph because I think she’s on to something there.  It is things like this which make me look at her and ask “Is she really [...]