Cuttyhunk Magic

My plan was to shut off social media for the week that I am on Cuttyhunk…..but the stories here are just too good not to tell. Since I use my blog and Facebook as a type of journal to record memories for my own use, I decided I will limit myself to a post a…

Pajama Time

A while back, my favorite author/teaching Pastor, Shauna Niequist wrote about pajamas, in her fabulous book “Present over Perfect”. She wrote about a time that she was working on learning to take better care of herself. She wrote that one of the first things she was told to STOP doing was sleeping in workout clothes–you…

The Thorn in My Flesh

For the last few weeks, I have been on a mini-quest. God has allowed a spiritual thorn in my side- the spiritual thorn of anxiety- because He always has a lesson to teach me. Since the selling of my family home, a little over a month ago, I have not had the magical happy ending…

Oh Captain, My Captain…….

Our “Summer of Rest” is almost over. Two more long weekends and it will be time to conquer what I like to call “The Final Frontier”. We will be focusing on cleaning out and hopefully selling my family home. A giant estate sale is in the works. We plan to sell or donate almost everything…

Lessons From a No Longer Overworked Fixer

So my summer sabbatical experiment is almost over…….. I only have three long weekends left. Thought that those of you who are following my blog might like to know what I have learned during my “summer of rest”. 1. In my entire adult life, I have worked way too hard and have never had enough…