Last week, I was the recipient of a Random Act of Kindness. My husband and I were heading into a Starbucks, and a girl and her mom were coming out. The little girl looked up at us, and her mom sort of gently pushed her towards us, and the girl held out a gift cardContinue reading “Learning to Receive”
Category Archives: Life Lesson
Practice Gratitude
I volunteered to lead a group about gratitude for young people in our local 4-H. I’m a real ideas and development person so I was super-fired up thinking of all kinds of fun ways to present the topic. I was going to rock this subject! Then I went through a phase of thinking, wait, maybeContinue reading “Practice Gratitude”
A Wall Already?
Uh-oh. I’ve already hit a writer’s block! I set a goal to write every day (or at least five out of seven days each week) but I have to admit that yesterday I was feeling uninspired to write. I blamed it on being busy, but there’s always an excuse not to write, even though IContinue reading “A Wall Already?”
Living Out of One Bag
Over the winter holiday, my husband and I traveled to Italy. We would be away for five weeks and I was determined to travel as light as possible (in winter), take just a carry-on and my small backpack. I carefully curated a couple of mix-and-match outfits, brought one pair of riding boots, then wore myContinue reading “Living Out of One Bag”