Live With Flair

Sometimes we get into a terrible thought pattern where we truly believe everyone else is having much more fun than we are. We just can’t

In a few days, I teach freshman writing again. I just love verbs, as you know, but I’m also currently obsessed with words that sound

My oldest daughter tells me yesterday how much she loves our after school snack time. Years ago, before I even had children, I remember wise

I‘m listening to John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to Go to the Moon” speech, delivered on September 12, 1962 at Rice University. He spoke to

Today I have an anxiety breakthrough. It’s because I’m standing in my kitchen feeling anxious about the day, and then I realize I’m actually more

This morning I read this as I finish the book I’ve been reading on Christian happiness: “Our part is to supply the weakness; God’s part

When I was a girl, one of my favorite activities was flower pressing. That’s right: Flower Pressing. I collected the most beautiful wildflowers from all

Today I see that a wise woman, Judy Douglass, posts that she’s “celebrating 50 years of ministry and 70 years of life.” She invites us

I’m standing in a little gift shop in July 2011. I had forgotten this moment until this morning when I found this entry. In this

This is a strange little statement: Pull Yourself Together. It’s been a hard day of learning about terrible deaths in the news, comforting close friends who