We recently returned ten days in Hilton Head, South Carolina. I was blessed to have time to refresh, relax, and reconnect with the things that matter most to me: God and my family. Yes, I was excited to visit new places and make memories. But I was also hoping to find that inner balance that I desperately need to …
It’s April in Central PA. And that means the weather is unpredictable at best and highly annoying at worst. We’ve had stretches of rain, followed by cool temperatures in the 30’s and then today…WHAM…75 degrees. With rain forecast for the next three days, I decided to mow before my yard turned into a pond. In the daily scurry …
I just returned home with a car full of flowers. To say I am in my happy place is an understatement. I love this time of year when the weather warms up and the greenhouses open. I’m not sure my husband feels the same as I leave the house with the checkbook and a checklist of all the …
Today marks the end of August. For most it signals the end of summer even though summer continues until late September. But the rhythm of our lives change this time of year. Vacations come to an end. Children head back to school. College football kicks off. So even though there is much of summer left …
Last week I shared that while on vacation, I wrote in my journal, “Why can’t I have the peace I feel on vacation when I get home?” I looked over that journal entry and I want to share a little more of what I wrote. “Peace just closes around me. I’m tucked in the treetops. …
Contentment has been on my mind a lot lately. But in the last three weeks, God has placed it front and center and through a number of “God Winks” letting me know that it was time to share. The most recent being a sermon at our “home away from home” church in VA. The Pastor …