Books and other things I love
Being bored is a concept that I am not familiar with. How can one be bored when there are books to read, classes to take, closets to clean out, new recipes to...
How do we seek to live a life aimed at loving others well?
Maybe in defiance to all the anger and hate scrolling across my feeds and news media, the word LOVE has been rolling around over and over in my head. My heart has...
Am I living a life that would hurt like hell to leave?
I sit out on the back deck, feet propped up on the table. The birds are singing, the sun shines warm and I can even smell the scent of the garden. Honeysuckle!...
Summer Reimagined
When the boys were small as summer approached I would fill outside buckets with sidewalk chalk, bubbles, water balloons, and simple outside activities. We'd often get a tiny pool for the backyard,...
Searching for my voice.
I've spent a lot of time journaling in recent weeks, journaling about how I felt angry about what is happening in our world right now. I’d like to think that it is...
Words not required
Walking in the door after a late Sunday afternoon walk the boys were chatty and energized. There was playful banter going on and yet I could not engage at that moment. Needing...
![As a task-oriented, get-things-done person, I can find transitions challenging. I know Spring is just around the corner. There have even been days when the weather feels more Spring than Winter making me eager to put away my heavy coat and winter sweaters in favor of spring-like attire. And yet, I am learning the value of sitting in transition, the dance between seasons. I am learning the gift of being fully present in the days of Winter that remain, while also preparing my heart and my home for the Spring that is to come.
As I am learning to live more in rhythm with nature's seasons, I have found myself drawn to books that incorporate seasons into their stories. Often, I pick up a book with seasonal themes I have long ago read and skip to the season we are preparing to welcome. What do I need to remember as I prepare for this coming season?
Recently, I pulled Seasons of the Soul by Michelle Derusha off my dusty shelf, and as I searched for the section on Spring, I landed on words I knew my heart needed to hear. A reminder that my inpatient soul needed, that perhaps your soul needs too.
“The productive, striving, achievement-oriented part of me had no patience for the early March pace of my soul’s rousing. I wanted to get going, put a plan in place, take action, tick goals off my checklist. [] But the soul awakens in much the same way that spring arrives on the Nebraska Prairie—slowly, gently stretching from its long winter's sleep.” Michelle Derusha
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