Vacations are wonderful things. You get to go to new places, see new things, try new experiences, or simply see old places in a new light. And sometimes you get to learn things about yourself that you don’t learn in your everyday world. My family and I just got back from our annual visit to […]
Tag: growth
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
The other night my sons and I watched a documentary on the World War II. The Nazi government actually went around filming Jewish communities and families in order to make the rest of the German population believe they really were “the enemy.” They would purposefully pose the people in ways that suggested they were harsh, […]
We Never Grow Without Growing Pains
A couple months ago, when my book was being published, my youngest son and I were discussing why I wanted to publish in the first place. I had told him earlier that it was very uncomfortable to lay my life out there like that, sharing myself with countless unknown others, but especially uncomfortable to have […]
Finding Balance and Breath in the Breezes of Life
I’ve had a pretty busy March, and for the most part, busy is a really nice thing. When I think about my past two Marches I’m really quite ecstatic that I have had so much to do, AND so much energy to get it all done. Yet crazy, busy months like this one remind me […]