“And then I need to add margins to my life,” my friend matter-of-factly said as she explained to me her process in planning the next few months of her life. For her, margins are a given. She wouldn’t consider overfilling her days or weeks. But most of us consider overfilled […]
Read More...Month: December 2012
Ghost of Christmas Past: Jobless at Christmas
My most memorable Christmas was not my most fun Christmas in the Norman Rockwell sense. At Christmas in 1988 I was seven and a half months pregnant with Kelsey and Katie had just turned two. Gene had been laid off since October. Our finances were lean, so Gene and I […]
Read More...What to Do When the Risk Doesn’t Pay off as Expected: Follow-up to the Art Conference
Last week Katie attended her first art/jewelry conference and I tagged along for moral support. Everything didn’t go as well as she hoped for. She learned a lot, but she also experienced major disappointments. At one point she questioned why she came. I ached for her and felt powerless to […]
Read More...The Real Reason We Don’t Pray
In the past couple of weeks God has made it clear to me how little I talk to Him throughout the day. I start my day with prayer, but as the day goes on I talk to myself instead, trying to figure out how and when I’ll do something. Of […]
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