A common practice during natural childbirth is Lamaze breathing. A nurse or birthing coach encourages the laboring mom to breathe through the pain. Speaking from my own personal experience with three natural births – breathing […]
Tag: Perspective
Ready for the “Just In Case”
Here it is again … the start of another New Year. Where does the time go? It seems as though just yesterday we were all freaking out about Y2k. How is it possible that nearly […]
A Recipe for Living
By my own admission, I’m a simple cook with limited abilities. I have a few “go-to” recipes in my culinary repertoire — but truth be told, I don’t enjoy cooking. More than two decades of […]
“SPANX” You Very Much!
Sweatpants and socks, flannel and fleece. If fabric were edible, these would be the “comfort foods” of my wardrobe. It’s almost like wearing a warm hug whenever I don my winter apparel. If sweatpants and […]
His Grace
I was reflecting this morning on my journey of faith throughout the years. I came to Christ when I was 15 years old and I never could have imagined the opportunities, places, people and experiences […]
Experience
Today while hiking I overheard a conversation taking place in front of me that was difficult to miss. It was a teenager arguing with her mother who was encouraging her to try healthy new experiences; […]
Be Quiet and Wait
All of us have lived long enough to know what a broken heart feels like; we understand the feeling when disappoint pounds loudly on our door; we realize the great sorrow it is to say […]
Thirst No More
I was listening to K-LOVE recently and they were talking about people in Rwanda who do not have clean water. Parents have to make the decision between giving their children water to drink that may […]
A “Word” for 2010
Word for the year………. For many years, I have prayed about and come up with a “word for the year”. Yes, I do also write goals for the year! However, besides Bible reading, when the […]
More Than Meets the Eye!
Has anybody tried to “transform” a Transformer toy? My son, Luke, loves Transformers even though he has never seen the movie. He asked for Transformer toys for his 6th birthday and got quite a few […]