Welcome to the follow up to Rescuing Your Marriage-Looking Back from the Future. If you missed it, I encourage you to take a few moments to go back and read it, and to please think about stepping back from your willingness to walk away from your marriage. Instead you can flirt with the idea that […]
Rescuing your marriage by looking back from the future
February 6, 2012 By 19 Comments
I am wading into the deep, dark waters of marriages that are going down for the last time, where the last vestiges of love are drowning in the waves of unmet expectations, hurt, anger and selfishness. I just can’t stand on the sidelines this time shaking my head and saying What a shame. They seemed […]
Five Minute Friday-Real
February 3, 2012 By 10 Comments
We sit in a circle. Waiting. Watching. Worrying. Wondering how real we can be. Wondering how real others will be. As facilitator of the group, I jump in to break the ice. They’ve heard some of our story, how my husband and I have done a lifetime of stupid. Of how we ran arm in […]
Leading, following, embracing
January 30, 2012 By 7 Comments
You must watch the following video narrated by Derek Sivers before reading the rest of my post, as it won’t make sense without it. Even if you have seen it before, watch it again and enjoy the amusing characters and witty commentary. I encourage you to also think about where you are versus where you […]
Has your canary gone silent?
January 27, 2012 By 4 Comments
Welcome dear readers! My family and I have some exciting changes happening in our lives, but the downside is that I am being pulled in too many directions at once. Therefore, I am sharing a post from my archives. For those happy campers who may not have an historical knowledge of mining, here is just […]
What love language do you speak?
January 23, 2012 By 11 Comments
Have you ever met with a teacher, computer tech, doctor, lawyer, or other professional, and found your eyes glazing as they used words and phrases that were meaningless to you, but were the heart and soul, the language, of their profession? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Did you know that every member of your family, including […]
Five Minute Friday-Vivid
January 20, 2012 By 9 Comments
Gray. Washed out. Worn out. Just plain tired. Do you feel as a mom sometimes that you just don’t have what it takes anymore? That between the job, the kids, the finances, the stress, that you have been stripped of your joyful, colorful self? I felt that way last year. You know what I […]
Technology that connects-an update
January 18, 2012 By 12 Comments
I wrote a short while ago on the technology that connects us, especially in regards to iPads and autistic children. While the following video centers on the use of a computer rather than an iPad, the story remains the same: The amazing, miraculous ability of technology to connect us, regardless of who or where we […]
Five Minute Friday-Awake
January 13, 2012 By 21 Comments
His large hand settles softly on my shoulder, and He gently shakes me out of my on-again, off-again, walking, waking slumber. His voice, soft and deep, rumbles right through to my core. Kim, it’s time to be vibrantly, intentionally awake, all the time. To grab hold of those precious talents I gave you and put […]
Winter doldrum breakout
January 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet For some of us living in the Northeast, the long, dark days of winter can be a formidable force. Sometimes it seems like we’ll never again […]
