Purging Hope

You may have clicked the link today to see how many things I purged from my home, but the only thing that was purged from me this week was hope. As I have purged things from my home, the items that remain have become illuminated. These precious things that made the cut somehow feel more … Continue reading Purging Hope →

Things Too Special to Use

I am not sure if it was dumping the heavy weight of that empty hope or the promise I now can see, way off in the distance, but today, I woke up energized. It's Monday, which recently became family day in my home. It also means chores, laundry, shopping and errands, but it is a … Continue reading Things Too Special to Use →

Silencing the Flesh

It has been seven days - that's one hundred and sixty eight hours or, more dramatically, ten-thousand and eighty minutes - since my last encounter with sugar. Last Saturday night, I savored those Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies, topped with coffee ice cream, knowing it would be the last time I partook of such an … Continue reading Silencing the Flesh →

Preparing for the Journey

I don’t adapt well to sudden change. I know I developed that character trait as a result of a chaotic childhood, where sudden change stemmed from eminent danger or was followed by the loss of something that made me feel secure. That isn’t to say that I don’t like change. I actually thrive on change. … Continue reading Preparing for the Journey →

The Power to Choose

Have you ever learned something, and the minute that the knowledge hit you, you knew that you were going to have to make a change? Like, maybe you read in a newspaper article that the CEO of your favorite charity earned a salary that was so ridiculously high that you knew at that very moment … Continue reading The Power to Choose →

One Degree of Change

It was a hot, Summer afternoon and I was sitting at a small, high-top table in my friend's dining room. She was hosting a going away party for her cousin, a young man I had met just a few months before. A few women were playing a game at one end of the table, and … Continue reading One Degree of Change →

Expect Nothing

I count on one thing; the same God who never fails will not fail me now...In the waiting, the same God who's never late is working all things out." Vertical Worship (Yes I will) In any aspect of life, when you have forward momentum and an obstacle interrupts that momentum, progress is halted. Most frequently, … Continue reading Expect Nothing →

De Novo

I learned a new term this week. De novo is defined simply as starting anew. As a legal term - a de novo appeal - it means that you are requesting that your case be reviewed with fresh eyes, without prejudice to the verdict handed down at the original trial. I can imagine that it … Continue reading De Novo →

Less is More

I was born in Phoenix, Arizona. I lived there (off and on) for the first nine years of my life. As a child, I didn't pay much attention to the weather. Obviously, I knew it was hot. The few times that I tried to make the trek from our apartment to the laundry room barefoot, … Continue reading Less is More →