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I have come to a point in my life where I am ready to care for less. I am not talking about caring less. I am talking about caring MORE. I want to care enough to have less so that I have more to share. My stuff beckons me. It demands my time. But Read more of Caring for Less I sat on the deck overlooking the lake this morning and sipped my coffee, feeling the sixty degree breeze on February 27, 2011. This is one of the things I love about living in the South. Spring comes early, which means that hope is just around the corner. Yes, we’ll probably have a couple more Read more of The Hope of Spring I was a little hard on myself in my last post, Why Do I Want to Simplify? Do you ever do that? I am usually hardest on myself when I want to be at a certain goal but I’m not willing to do what is necessary to get there. I just want to be there Read more of Steps on the Simplicity Journey This is a hard blog to write. I am embarrassed. I’ve been exploring how to simplify my life more lately and I read several blogs (see bottom of left column) daily about how to do so. If I read enough about simplification, write enough about it, then my life will be simpler. Right? Wrong. As Read more of Why do I want to simplify? Friends have asked about the process of us putting our home on the market and moving into Birmingham. So why are we open to selling our home on the lake that we love so much? Not long after I built my house in 2002, I was at peace with the idea that I would be Read more of Dreaming Anew “I CANNOT believe you are leaving that place!” one friend wrote on my Facebook page. “Why in the heck would you want to sell this jewel?” another one asked. Other legitimate questions have come from friends and acquaintances since Mary and I put our lake home on the market a few months ago. This is Read more of The Grief of Leaving When I was in high school I remember saying, “I can’t wait to go to college.” By the time I was a senior in college, I was excited about graduate school. Then came my marriage, job opportunities, divorce, houses, remarriage, children, and more. If we are not careful, we will find ourselves believing the illusion Read more of Swimming Upstream Easter Sunday is a day of celebration of the resurrection of Jesus for those of us in the Christian world. Some quotes I love about Easter include: This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and brotherhood of all. (Anne Lamott) The Read more of Easter Means — Day 40 If you have ever had a catastrophic event happen in your life where everything was fine one day, and the next day your life was changed forever, you understand. If you have ever loved someone with your whole heart and s/he died suddenly without warning and you lived in shock and numbness for weeks, months, Read more of If You Ever Had — Day 39 I had the privilege of giving the eulogy at a friend’s memorial service today. He was two years younger than I. It was an “easy” service to do because of his love and faithfulness to his family, an impressive list of deep friendships that he nurtured daily, and the compassion that he offered to Read more of Deep Relationships — Day 37 |
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