Enjoy Today: Stop Saving Your Happiest Self for Someday
Enjoy Today: Stop Saving Your Happiest Self for Someday Sweet friend, if you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to enjoy today, I’d like to sit down with you for a minute and have a heart-to-heart. Pour yourself a cup of something warm, and let’s talk about the “someday” we all seem to carry around. […]
The Bird That Sang Just for You
The Bird That Sang Just for You Little miracles don’t always arrive with a big announcement. Sometimes they show up as a bluebird singing outside your window on the busiest morning of your week. If you’ve been running on empty lately, sweet friend, I’m so glad you’re here, because this one is for you. Little […]
The Power of Kind Words: 5 Beautiful Ways to Be Someone’s Happy Memory
The Power of Kind Words: 5 Beautiful Ways to Be Someone’s Happy Memory Sweet friend, have you ever stopped to think about the power of kind words and how long they can live inside someone’s heart? There are people out there right now who will never know that something they said to you years ago […]
Letting Go of Worry: What Getting Older Teaches Us About Peace
Letting Go of Worry: What Getting Older Teaches Us About Peace Letting go of worry may be one of the greatest gifts that comes with getting older, sweet friend. Nobody tells you that when you’re young. You spend years believing that if you just worry hard enough, think through every possibility, and brace for every […]
Take the Picture: 5 Reasons You’ll Treasure It Someday
Take the Picture: 5 Reasons You’ll Treasure It Someday Take the picture, sweet friend, even if you don’t like how you look. I know that’s not easy to hear. Maybe you’ve stepped out of the frame a hundred times, or said, “Oh, just take one of the kids,” and quietly slipped away. But there’s a […]
Maybe You Don’t Need To Figure Everything Out Today
Maybe You Don’t Need To Figure Everything Out Today There is a quiet kind of grace for today that often gets drowned out by the noise of everything you think you need to figure out by next week. Your mind starts racing ahead, three months into the future, building problems that don’t even exist yet, […]
3 Simple Ways to Choose Gratitude Instead of Regret Tonight
3 Simple Ways to Choose Gratitude Instead of Regret Tonight Before you climb into bed tonight, sweet friend, choosing gratitude instead of regret might be the most important decision you make all day. It is easy to lie there in the dark and replay everything that did not get done. The laundry still folded in […]
The Walk That Changed Your Whole Day
The Walk That Changed Your Whole Day Walking with God doesn’t always look the way you expect it to — sometimes it starts with nothing more than stepping out the front door because your heart needs a little air. You weren’t looking for anything extraordinary. You weren’t waiting on a sign. You just needed to […]