2023 marks the 9th year I’ve kicked off the new year with a word instead of a resolution. Like many others who embrace this “one word 365” practice, I’ve found the...
Stories of My Repurposed Life
Moving into 2022
Each New Year’s Day I rise before the rest of my family to worship, pray, and often write. I usually quietly start dismantling Christmas, but this year with...
Restore in 2022
I am now somewhere between week two and three with a left arm that was “broken like eggs” two days before Thanksgiving. I am becoming somewhat independent again, meaning I...
The Journey to Publishing Continues
I screamed so loudly out of excitement over an email I received yesterday that I woke up today and had lost my voice. What did I scream about exactly? It’s because after...
Dear 2020
Dear 2020, You were filled to the brim with warm hellos and tearful goodbyes, so fitting as my word for the year was “aloha”. Though you did not allow me to return to...
Who Knows What 2020 Holds
When 2015 started I felt very strongly we were to start “living out of the box” of our normal. My word for that year was “Joy” - actually it was more of an action, it was to...