Welcome to Day 13 of 31 Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! Well, hello! Guess what?? Sometimes when you’re writing a blog series you are passionate about and finishing a book manuscript you are also passionate about and you live with people who have lives they are passionate about … sometimes things get a little bit […]
Permission to Live Well
Lopsided Living: Embrace the Season You’re In
Welcome to Day 11 of 31 Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! Do you ever get frustrated or tired of the season you’re in? Of course you do! We all do. My sixteen-year-old daughter is ready to graduate from high school and start college. Scott and I teach the college and career Sunday school class at […]
Lopsided Living Recognizes Adding Anything Affects Everything
Welcome to Day 10 of 31 Simple Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! Several years ago I finally had to admit a harsh truth about myself: I’m a control freak. My need for perfection, to be seen as capable, to never disappoint, and the desire for approval were destroying me … and they were costing me more than realized. […]
Lopsided Living Allows Us to Live at Rest
Welcome to day 4 of 31 Simple Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living! I hope today finds you well rested. Yesterday was my 45th birthday so Scott and I spent the afternoon together and then he grilled the most amazing chicken and pork loin for all three of us for dinner. I always make a pumpkin pie for […]
Why So Busy? 3 Reasons and 3 Responses
You’re busy. I know. I am too. {Remember, I’m not even apologizing for it anymore.} But here’s the thing, there’s good busy and there’s bad busy. I know, it all makes our calendars look crazy. But the truth is, there are times when life is just busy and it’s for all the right reasons. And […]
Why Am I Here? Knowing God’s Purpose for Our Lives
Why am I here? Have you ever wondered if anything you do matters? If there’s any sort of value in all the day-to-day mundane? I get it. In the middle of all the laundry doing, meal planning, and kid taxi-ing, it can begin to feel like we’ve lost any sense of purpose. Even our conversations with […]