41 My kids are amazing. While each differ in their temperament, likes, aversions, activities, and accomplishments, at their individual cores is a loving and compassionate heart. I’ve been worried about them with the changes happening in our family dynamic, but I am so proud of each of them for being considerate, adaptable, and resilient through…

Disciplined Discipline is an important concept in all aspects of life. Discipline is defined by the online Cambridge Dictionary as, “training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behavior produced by this training.” Discipline is…

O Beautiful O beautiful for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled plain! America, America! God shed His grace on thee, Till souls wax fair as earth and air And music-hearted sea! –“America” an original poem published in 1893 by Katherine Lee Bates, later revised and added to…

Don’t Settle These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of both activities and emotions for me, mostly joyous but some distressing as well. Unfortunately, the negatives put a damper on the cheerful occasions. This has made life exceedingly difficult for me, which in turn has led to my losing focus on my calling. I…

Letting Go I was writing a blog post to wrap up the month of April, but I ended up scratching that one. It was full of doom and gloom and woe is me stuff, and I just couldn’t finish it. It was depressing me just writing it, and I don’t need any more negativity in…

Lead by Example Leadership. When you think of a good leader, who do you think of? What kind of characteristics do they possess? It may seem as if some people are simply born natural leaders. They appear to effortlessly project those innate qualities most would associate with a leader. Some of us may think we’re…

Paid in Full I am one of those people who don’t like to owe anybody anything. When I’ve taken out loans for things in the past, like for a car or for college tuition, I strived to settle those debts as soon as possible by paying extra whenever I could. I don’t know about you,…

Release Forgive me for being absent for the last few weeks. It feels like there are a million things going on all at once, and I have been struggling a bit with time management. My daughter’s high school graduation is creeping up on me, and she has many upcoming deadlines as she prepares for the…

God is Love Valentine’s Day was twelve days ago, and this post was supposed to come out at that time. However, I just couldn’t formulate the words I wanted to say. I was occupied with other things, and I wasn’t really feeling the love this year to be honest. It’s hard to write about something…

A Step of Faith Have you ever been faced with a challenge you didn’t feel prepared for or a task you felt unqualified to complete or a situation that took you out of your comfort zone? Did you step-up to those challenges, or did you turn tail and run? I’ve had such instances occur often…