When You Need to Make a List

If your mind is like mine, it often gets “filled up” with things to do, places to go, and people to call.   I met a lady at a conference several years ago who told me that when her mind begins to be overloaded with thoughts, she takes a notebook and writes...

The Problem with the Snooze Button

Pushing the snooze button is part of my normal morning routine. I set my alarm thirty minutes early just so I can push this button three times before getting out of bed. I love knowing I can lay my head back down for ten minutes…… three times.   But the...

Today Matters

It’s just another Tuesday in August.   The last Tuesday in August of 2013.   We’ll soon be clicking away at September, then October, and on and on.   If we’re not careful, we can slip into a routine that has us so forward-thinking that we miss the...

How I Start My Mornings

There’s something about knowing today isn’t in my own hands. My hands are often weak, unqualified, unequipped, and unsteady. My hands often try to hold too many things at once, causing the most cherished things to slip through my fingers. I could become...

Losing Your Grip

It’s never pretty when we lose our grip. People or things we hold dear often end up hurt or broken as we do or say things that just aren’t normal. Normally, I don’t move my sugar jar. I take my spoon to it. But, in the early hours of this morning, I...