Your Journey In, To Live Out Loud
I sat in my car this morning, fresh, hot, cup of coffee in hand. I’d dropped my kids at school, the second time in nearly 6 months. Staring out the window, the grey clouds stretched out across the sky. A light rain was falling, sounding really loud on the windshield. The rain itself wasn’t that …
Written a few days over a year ago. Some things have change, but many things remain the same… Tuesday night, May 28th, 2019 an EF4, mile wide, tornado devastatingly tore through the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. Initially, like most, I was so thankful. It was the first time I actually went down to the basement …
“I wouldn’t get your hopes up,” I said as I followed my 12 year old daughter up the stairs. “But I’m going to, she replied.” I nearly choked on my tongue as I realized what I had said. I’m glad my daughter has enough of herself to push back against me, and follow her heart. …
Where Am I? What Am I Doing? What’s My Purpose? Am I Ever Going to Get There? Questions as we try to navigate this confusing time, especially now. Life has seemed to come to a screeching halt for some, while others of us are sped up in fear and anxiety. Wherever you are during this …
Anxiety. In the beginning of CoVid19 and the stay at home orders, like so many my world was thrown into the unknown. My heart was beating more quickly, my breathing was shallower, I felt sick to my stomach, and everything was speeding up. I knew if I could just get control of what is going …
What’s right for me? How do I make decisions around re-opening? As we begin to be released from stay at home orders, the question becomes what will this look like? I read a Facebook Post earlier this week that I really liked. It reminded me that just as we each handled the shut-down differently, we …