Bits and Pieces

“I know you’re out there. I can feel you now. I know that you’re afraid, you’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin.  Where we go [...]

something wonderful

-good people who tell you the truth even when it’s not what you want to hear.
-remembering what trust feels like… thanks Ashley!
-someone else refusing to enable you to do something they know you will later regret.
-the peace that comes when you finally know what you need to do when you’ve been torn for a while.
-snapping [...]

something wonderful 3

Haven’t been doing very well with taking it all in and accentuating the positive, lately. Life is crazy and hectic right now. Dinah starts kindergarten Monday, Jeremy moved out of the house (which is a good thing but was very stressful), there are attorney appointments, doctors appointments,  new chores that I don’t even know where [...]

something wonderful 2

additions to the list…
blushing for a good reason
the smell of rain
seeing someone you’ve missed for the first time in a while
anticipating something good, knowing it’s coming -just not knowing when and the thrill that runs up one side and down the other when it finally does

remembering who I am

For a long time I viewed my childhood as sub par for several reasons… mostly rooted in beliefs about how I “should” have been raised so that I would have turned out a “better” person. As I gain more life experience I’m learning to let go of those idealistic notions. I view the happenings of [...]

something wonderful

What I’m listening to:

I’ve decided to intentionally focus on the positive. This season in my life can easily seem bleak and barren, especially with regard to sensual things… So, I am going to post occasionally (as I think of them) things that fall into the category of something wonderful… life’s simple [...]

It’s Fantastic!

I made homemade bread today. I don’t mean to come across as one of those, “I think I’m better than you because my bread is homemade, whole wheat and with out preservatives.” people who make you feel like you are damaging your body with your loaf from the grocery store. I buy bread at the [...]