the 8th day of christmas

This time of year brings with it so much hustle and bustle and stress. The focus always seems to be on how much money to spend, what to get whom, whom to invite to your holiday party, how to please everyone without going crazy. This is all fine and dandy, I suppose. It’s not what makes the [...]

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finding grace – in our community

Quite some time ago I vowed to write about “finding grace” in my life and sharing those snippets with you (on a frequent basis). I realize I haven’t done that in quite some time but wanted to share a little something today. I had an appointment today to get my hair cut; it was long [...]

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finding grace – at the cafe

It’s been some time since I’ve shared a story here of how grace has touched my life. It’s not because it hasn’t happened, but we get busy and there is so much I want to share and write about that the grace posts have fallen a little off my radar. Until yesterday. Yesterday I was [...]

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grace where you least expect it – a stranger

Isaac and I were out for a walk yesterday. We were having an okay morning but I was in a bit of a rut. I struggle with my ruts…because despite being miserable in them, I don’t always want to get myself out. This makes no sense, I know. I recognize in myself that I’m usually [...]

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a spot of grace

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much negativity there is in the world. I try to distance myself from that sort of energy – it totally brings me down – but perhaps it’s inevitable. It doesn’t seem to matter where I go, what I’m doing , at some point,  someone out there is [...]

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