How Beauty Made Me Sober
…to like me, to lean too far into other people’s opinions, to swan dive into other people’s lives, to steer them the way I want. It’s why I’m going to…
One Day Left
…this month only, purchase any original piece of artwork from my shop and I will frame it for you at 50% off, saving you approximately $150. You have one day…
The Lawn Lady Doesn’t Know Me
…know cannot stomach Facebook when something serious happens in their lives. It’s just the wrong place for real connection. Here’s what’s key, concealing isn’t wrong. Protecting our most precious ideas…
Lifelong Friends
…back porch selves naturally pace each other. Friendships like E and me don’t just drop into our lives. Looking back, we have had lots of intersections when it wasn’t clear…
How Special Do You Need to Be
…have a chance at real friendship, where we stand at the same level, looking at the same thing, delighted at the calm goodness in our lives. Which really is tremendous…
When God Paces You
…I almost married someone else. But, God joined the threads of many lives into the needs of the moment, of my moment here in 2021. All good marriages, paced by…
Back Porch Conversations
…pass the turkey and stuffing. Let the feast begin! We talk about making our lives count, we talk about friendships and living well, we talk about parenting, the headlines, and…
Companions
…on communication, just now there are more blooms, more meals, more joy. Acquaintances are neither sturdy or enduring. Acquaintances can slip in and out of our lives and we barely…
Messing About in Boats
…experience of being adult learners. We learned on the Colorado lakes, where the wind whips and changes on a dime. We’ve had to row like our lives depended on it…
Walk With Me – friendship tips on pacing
…rhythm to our lives that we develop based on our life choices. I home educate most mornings, then paint in the afternoons. For most of us, when we meet with…
