The Rabbi {Jesus} implores, “Don’t you understand that discipleship is not about being right or being perfect or being efficient? It’s all about the way you live with each other.” In every encounter we either give life or we drain it. There is no neutral exchange. We enhance human dignity, or we diminish it. The success or failure of a given day is measured by the quality of our interest and compassion toward those around us. We define ourselves by our response to human need. (emphasis mine)
Red Door
I haven’t done much sprucing up around here lately. My bedroom re-do sucked all decorating juice right out of me. Last week, however, I was cruising the neighborhood with my kiddos and having a pity party about my no-curb-appeal house. Because I’m a deep thinker and all.
GET. OUT.
I don’t get out much.
Voices
And what she {the counselor} was saying was true. I knew it was true. I could feel that it was true. But it also felt wrong. I mean, it felt like it was an arrogant thing to do, to love myself, to receive love. I knew that all the kicking myself around, all the hating myself, was not coming from God, that those voices were not God whispering in my ear, but it felt like I had to listen to them; it felt like I had to believe the voices were telling me the truth……’I know God loves me.’ And I did know, I just didn’t believe. I had heard it before, but hearing that stuff didn’t silence the voices…I needed to believe it was true. I needed something to tell the voices when they started chanting at me.
Bauble Board
I love baubles.
Cupcake loves my earring drawer. He thinks the baubles look good enough to eat…or at least to throw in the toilet (along with the
ribbons and shoes.)Tales from the Tired
When Fabric & Plastic Collide…
I had a break last weekend. A break from my house. A break from my laundry. A break from two out of my three children. A break from the computer (more on that later.) And a break from small-town-ness.
- miscl craft supplies (glue, scissors, hole punches, glue sticks, stapler, etc.)
- stickers
- painting
- pens, pencils, erasers
- crayons & colored pencils
- markers
The more segmented you group your craft supplies, the easier it is to find what you need. This system has worked in our home for about 3 years so I think it’s a pretty good one.
- craft paint (Lily has tons seeing as how she paints murals.)
- craft paint supplies
- craft projects (like painting sets or jewelry kits the kids have gotten)
- craft supplies (like play-doh, modeling clay, etc.)
- Cut pretty fabric to the size of the front of drawer. Lily has lots of gorgeous fabric samples from her business, so these were free.
- Spray the plastic with spray adhesive (can be purchased in craft section of WM or Target or at any craft store.)
- Press fabric onto drawer.
- Adhere cute adhesive labels or make your own and hot-glue them on.
The Pretend Writer
Choosing Mary
A Few of my Favorite Things
I’m going to pretend I’m Oprah today and do a “Favorite Things” show. I mean post. Minus the free Viking refrigerators, digital cameras, designer purses, and slew of women hyperventilating and sporting mascara-streaked faces.