I am sitting in our Fort Worth condo on actual furniture, no longer on the floor. The living room is set back up with pictures leaning where they will be hung tomorrow and there is even a fuzzy white rug on the floor. Never mind that the new washer and dryer are just past the…

Here is the second song that I have written.  This is based on a personal story of mine from when I was a young woman traveling in Europe alone. I met Gabriel in London two days before I was returning home and he was kind, loving and an overall good human being. He showed me…

Jacob Peterson stared at the tall taupe vase with its intricate pattern of circles and lines that held a bouquet of purple and white lilacs. He loved that vase that he had made with his own two hands; the pattern on it reminded him that life had dozens of lines and intersections, places to connect…

We are currently at our home in Sherman, Texas.  This is the view from my bed.  We have a wonderful upstairs master suite that includes this bedroom, which is charmingly quirky.  There are three windows in this room, two in alcoves that are about 5 feet tall; the third at the top of a very…

Today our preparation for a calm departure from our home to the airport took an unexpected turn when Ray came into the room and said, “I can’t find the car keys.”  Rachael and I calmly went from room to room, looking on tables and chairs while Ray searched through his pants and jacket pockets.  No…

Dear Friends, I wanted to thank those of you who reached out to me after my post yesterday about my trials with daily blogging.  Here are just a few of the responses that came to me: “Do what you need to do.” “Do what makes you happy.” “Don’t push the river.” “Think about how you want…

Dear Friends, I am writing this as a letter because I just need to get my thoughts on the page. I haven’t written a blog post in at least a week. I have been off my daily practice for well over two months now and I need to explore more clearly why. This is for…

We are back from Texas after working there a few days on the condo renovation, post laundry room fire.  It’s coming along with new sheetrock, scrubbed and painted walls and ceilings, new fridge ordered, new washing machine installed, new dryer coming soon along with new carpet for the bedrooms.  I swear, I think God patted…

You know how sometimes you read that if you go back to what you loved doing when you were a little kid – 4, 5, or 6 – then that will tell you what your ideal occupation should be? Well, in my case, this is exactly true since when I was a little girl, my…

My daughter Rachael occasionally asks me when I’m going to make pumpkin lasagna again. I made it several years ago and couldn’t find the recipe to repeat it even though it was very tasty.  Tonight I happen to run across the recipe again and wanted to post it so I could remind myself to make it….