I have learned this lesson before: This is my life. Today. Not when I get married, have a better job, have a family…etc…etc…etc. Today — and the people, work, trip to the grocery store and phone call with my sister on the way home — is what it’s all about. In this season I have […]
Should I suggest online dating to my single friend or sister? (Written by that single person)
There is perhaps nothing more confounding than sitting across from a single friend who is perfectly eligible yet perennially single. As you search for ways to encourage and support, and brainstorms ways for her to “get out there” it’s almost impossible not to bring up online dating. But should you? Sure there’s still a bit of […]
If You Do This One Thing You WILL Achieve Your Goals This Year
I still remember late New Year’s day, 2010. Everyone was tucked in bed and I was sitting with my journal as a few goals for the year practically wrote themselves. They were stirring in me and I knew they were for the year ahead. Number one: travel to two countries for work or missions. It […]
“Did you see on Facebook…?” – How I stopped being so critical
I’ve learned that pretty much any conversation that begins with “Did you see on Facebook…?” is about to become critical, judgmental or just plain unkind. I don’t know why it happens, or why when I peruse my news feed I develop an attitude: suddenly I’m the only person that knows how to plan a wedding, […]
The 3 Time Management Tips That Saved My Life
Most of us don’t have the luxury of a job role that requires just one thing of us. We need help with time management tips because we wear multiple hats, have constant interruptions, are overran by the tyranny of the urgent, and get way too many e-mails. While most of us can’t change many of […]
How to move back home successfully
My parents handled it well, the day ALL three of their twenty-something children registered to vote at our little town hall with the same address: theirs. We had all left home, gone to college, had careers, and now returned for various reasons. “The thing is,” I explained to the clerk, “It’s not like