Live With Flair

1. Coming home to the smell of something cooking in the crockpot.2. Writing. Writing anything at all. Writing right this very moment.3. Finding a new

I’m learning how to better communicate with my family and friends. Most recently, I learned how often I like to rescue and react when someone

Today I recall what’s missing from our family life these days: spontaneity. This blog began, after all, as that spontaneous decision to dance in my

For the past four years when I visit the battlefields of Gettysburg, our host brings us the most delicious cookie I’ve ever tasted. I refer

With special thanks to the pattern from Alpha Mom blogger, I travel to the fabric store. My daughter has asked for an owl costume, and I

As I read Psalm 35, I’m suddenly struck by the repetition of one word: rescue. I learn afresh that God rescues us from what comes

Today I realize that people make time for things they want to do. They do. So when I proclaim, “I don’t have time for this,”

This morning I read Marcel Proust’s quote that “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”  I

I’m driving through the little town of Gettysburg. I’ve been on this road before, and I know my favorite little shop is coming up on

I find myself returning to old patterns lately. These life scripts try to narrate what matters most. For me, it’s the Three A’s: Appearance, Affluence,