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Have you ever gotten tripped up by the small box?  No, I don’t mean a diamond ring box!  I mean the small box on the digital form that you MUST address or else the form will never ever go through….no matter how many dozen times you huff or puff or click DONE!  You have toContinue reading “The Small Box”

Ready or not – September is here!  (insert groans) Why do we fear change?  Why do we let ourselves get all cattywampus just because we turn a calendar page?!?  OK – school is back and the alarm clock is set.  Traffic slows.  Daylight fades. But don’t we all take a deep breath as routine finallyContinue reading “It’s Here!”

It’s time!  Our precious, tiny, clean, sweet little lambs born on our farm in February are leaving this week.  It’s time.  The boys are ready to go.  I know they are ready because they are getting stinky.  The stink tells me they are able to start their own family…..somewhere else.  They are consuming way too much of ourContinue reading “Stinky Sheep!”

When do you experience peace? (check all that apply)When the kids are all asleep?When the bills are paid?When the pain is gone?When the goal is met?When chaos ends?When you win? Imagine all that focus…all that energy….all that striving….and yet each and every time, that peace is temporary.  The bills will return.  The kids will wakeContinue reading “Peace”

Yes, God inspired the entire Bible…His written Word…but every day I look and see and hear God’s human bookshelf all around me.  YOU are the books God is writing every day!  HIS story becoming YOUR story! As you walk around tomorrow…or around the house tonight…consider if you are judging a book by the cover.  Are youContinue reading “God’s Bookshelf”

Not Today…..YES Today! Did you ever run out of power?  Our home was with without power again due to the wild summer weather we’ve been having.  Living semi-rural we lose many basics when the power goes out.  It’s fun and cozy at the beginning, but the novelty soon wears off. Have you personally ever runContinue reading “Not Today”

Created to hold over 100 times the info a traditional bar code can hold, the QR code, the “QUICK RESPONSE code”…was created to be the fast transfer of information with the simple swipe of a digital device. Let’s repurpose the QR code!  Let’s still call it a QUICK RESPONSE code, but instead of zapping it to find aContinue reading “QR Codes”

When I was a little girl I played school with real curriculum and even a real chalkboard….but…..I had pretend students.  That didn’t stop me then from being a teacher, and if you know me now, God so firmly planted those seeds that I still love teaching! My daughter played veterinarian when she was a little girl and todayContinue reading “Pretend Play”

Driving on a beautiful country road….searching for peaceful music….and the car radio produces…static!  Voices, slow songs, fast songs, white noise – all at the same time! Sort of reminds me of life today.Can you hear it?  Can you feel it?The constant influence of people and media and agendas and goals and thoughts and hopes and etc…all atContinue reading “Static”

Drive Thru coffeeOnline bankingRobots vacuuming your house We live in a VERY fast paced world!  (Except for these lazy summer days – let’s keep them creeping by…) What do you do with all the extra time you have now that automations are working for you?  What?  You are still so busy and out of time?Continue reading “Look!”