Daily Step – What’s your response to compliments?
Have you ever paid attention to how you respond to compliments? I have terrible responses – both internally and externally. Recently, someone complimented me on how...
May 17, 2021
Daily Step – Which May feeling will you choose?
Will you choose joy? Or exhaustion? Admittedly, I didn’t choose joy this morning. I let small things like a kid who didn’t want to get out...
May 5, 2021
Daily Step – Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands?
Yesterday, I wrote about the desire for control and added a prayer from Henri Nouwen. Well, he has more than one prayer that applies to relinquishing...
February 3, 2021
Daily Step – Do you long for control?
I want so much to be in control. How many times have you felt this way? The longing to control the situation? The desire to pre-determine...
February 2, 2021
Daily Step – Is this who you want to be?
Yesterday pool time ended when a twin kicked his older brother in the face. After we had bathed and cleaned up and my oldest had finally...
June 25, 2020
Daily Step – What will you choose?
This morning as I sit in the pitch black of my living room, I am greeted by the gentle sounds of thunder and rain pouring down...
June 22, 2020
Daily Step – Holding onto Joy.
Sometimes my boys make me jewelry. Mostly they make robot aliens and characters from whatever show they are watching. “Look mom, I made this robot with...
June 16, 2020
Daily Step – Bringing Stories to Life
Last night, I walked into my office to find an explosion of kid scissors and paper scraps. There is always collateral damage to my boys creativity....
June 12, 2020
Daily Step – How will you go ALL IN today?
One of my twins always seems to have a new scrape or bump somewhere… all consequences from how he goes ALL IN on life. So, of...
June 1, 2020
Daily Step – What are you struggling to let go of?
It can be hard letting go… even for a child. My oldest lost his fourth tooth yesterday. He has been telling us about this loose tooth...
May 19, 2020