Shining Moments

Life is filled with beauty but all too often much of it is missed. We fly fast from task to task. One year leads to another. Put the Christmas tree up. Take it down. The older I get I’m finding myself resisting the fast pace and intentionally lingering to savor...

Shining Moments

Have you ever tried to do something and failed? Have you ever put yourself out there only to discover that it was not enough? Failure. Embarrassment. Want the ground to open and swallow you up feeling. Oh my, it has happened to me. From the time when I was in second...

Shining Moments

It’s exciting to awaken early on a Saturday morning to go to the local Farmer’s Market. I find that it’s more than a market.     It’s a meeting of community. A coming together. People who share their goods     From homemade breads and cinnamon buns        To jams and...

Shining Moments

It’s all too easy to focus on what we don’t have, what has been withheld, rather than what we do have. But if we aren’t careful we miss all the thousands of gifts that are ours. Yes, if it would have been up to me, I would have been  married at 22 and had a house full...

Shining Moments

It just wasn’t like her to lose something. No, she is so responsible. That’s what made it so strange. “I can’t find my cell phone,” her cry came on Saturday night. We all looked and looked. Threw back the covers. Peered under the couch. But no cell phone. Ugh. We...