Another episode in our home construction saga. The west wall of our house was ready to be stood up, but two men just couldn’t do it. The framing and the sheeting on a 22-foot wall add up to one heavy lift. How about using the little excavator to pull it up? Get the machine…
Category: Inspiration
Last Lap
Almost August. One last lap of Summer. How are you doing? You wanted to do something important this Summer. Have you made progress? You still have a chance to make it happen! Remember June and the ideas you had for what your summer could be? Have you brought some of those ideas to fruition? …
Grit or Grace?
I don’t care for ladders. This may have something to do with my discomfort with heights. (Heights is any time my feet are more than three feet from the ground.) Some of you are snickering at the ridiculousness of my fear, but some of you are nodding with empathy. So in the case of fears,…
Dead End or Bridge?
We make choices all day long; some seemingly small choices. What to eat, what to wear, how we answer an annoying person, whether to tell a white lie, whether to work diligently or slack just a little, whether to take the time to check on a family member. These may not be momentous decisions…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how negatively we speak to each other. Words are powerful. Negative words; insults, betrayals, gossip, inpatient comments, cutting comebacks, sarcasm, fault-finding, belittling, discouraging words, criticism, lies, disrespect are powerful to harm. The hurt from thoughtless words hurled in anger or bubbling up from impatience can last a lifetime…
Ready…Set…Wait
It’s race day. This day had been postponed due to unseasonably prolonged rains. Now the summer sun is finally shining and our fans are eager to cheer us on. My horse has trained for years and has intensely trained for the past four months. I’ve taken care to feed him well. We’ve reviewed the course…