Tag: life real raw broken beautiful
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Reality Check: Mental Health, Violence and False Perceptions
In a world that is increasingly polarized by media outlets that are increasingly polarizing, it is a challenge to get non-biased, fact based instead of opinion based, reporting. On any given day, I listen to and read the news from a wide variety of media outlets – all in an attempt to piece together the…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; February 19th
Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that word to…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; February 18th
Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that word to…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; February 17th
For Christians, Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; February 16th
For Christians, Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; February 15th
For Christians, Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that…
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Valentine’s Day – Real. Raw. Broken. Beautiful.
So Valentine’s Day. Commercial holiday? Totally. But do I still love any excuse to shower some love on my kids and husband? Totally. Sometimes showering love in real life, doesn’t always look like it does in my head. Today was one of those days. Today showering love looked like me holding my son as he…
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Life In Black & White: Lent 2018; February 14th – Ash Wednesday
For Christians, Lent is a time to reflect upon the question, “Who does God call me to be?” For the past few years a part of my Lenten discipline has been to participate in a photo-a-day challenge. The challenge is simple – each day reflect upon a word and capture an image that represents that…
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On The Bookshelf – What Should I Read Next
I am a fairly recent convert to the wonderful world of podcasts. For the longest time, it was a highly curated iTunes playlist that powered me through my pre-dawn workout time. But about a year ago, I found that no matter how many times I skipped a song or pressed shuffle on my music, the music…
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Life in Black & White – Used Books Are Growing a Reader
Back in November, I had a conversation with Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy for her podcast What Should I Read Next. It was a ton of fun recording the episode and a ton of fun listening to the episode when it went live this morning. I am actually planning to write a full blog post…