Posts Tagged ‘Faith’

on faith: in writing and in life

I know when I start leaving car doors open, I’m experiencing extreme overload. Several times, over the past several weeks, my neighbors have discovered the same scene:

strength, courage and wisdom

If I could create Life: The Soundtrack this song would no doubt be on it. Yesterday I had the honor of sharing my story on Jennie’s blog… a journey that took me 3,000 miles away– but ultimately right back home. Today I got to pick Jennie’s mid-week music snack.  I chose a song I played [...]

MyMeWriMo

Today marks the end of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.) During NaNoWriMo, writers around the world pound on their keyboards in a just-for-fun race to complete a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. The purpose? Quantity not Quality. You’ll find this on the NaNoWriMo website: “Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that’s a good [...]

you have to believe to receive

Here’s a little story I shared over at Robin’s and Jodi’s blog this week, as part of our “holiday memories blog tour.” As I recalled a special time in my childhood, I couldn’t help but think about Charlie Brown’s angst that Christmastime was too commercial. On this Black Friday, as the official shopping season begins, [...]

“if today was your last day”

I completely forgot what I set out to blog about today when I read Sherri’s comment on my last post. Sherri lost a child 10 years ago, a heartbreaking reminder to always be present, to live fully in the precious moments we are given. I aspire to keep my eyes open in the “now”, while [...]

go geeks!

I learned some hard lessons last week. When I get really busy, stressed and rushed, I make really BIG mistakes. Like, do a complete system restore on my computer to fix a bug… a restore that returned my computer back to the factory settings. Which would have been fine IF I had properly backed-up my hard drive (which [...]

Chasing pavements

It’s been three months since the birth of baby Blake, and I’m getting more consistent with my workouts. Some days I pretend I’m Fergalicious– you know, up in the gym just working on my fitness. But the other day, my iPod shuffled to Adele’s Chasing Pavements. The gym wasn’t busy, and I sat on the leg press machine [...]

More thoughts on fate

There you go, making me think again. Last week, I explored the topic of fate (here and here) and I received some honest and insightful comments. I wrote that I believe, somewhere between taking action and letting go, fate steps in. But if you look at the literal definition of fate (something that unavoidably befalls [...]

Do you believe in fate?

I was checking out my Twitter account one day, when Leslie posed the question, “Do you believe in fate?” I responded without a second thought, “I do. I believe somewhere between taking action and letting go, fate steps in.” I know this type of question can spark all types of thoughts, conversation and debate over whether [...]

What’s the Worst Thing That Can Happen?

Note to the reader: Moments after I posted this blog entry, where I reference my own fear of flying, I learned of this morning’s plane crash in NY that killed 50 people. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ families. This tragedy further illustrates that sometimes things happen we can’t explain– we have all [...]