In your ideal future, what are you doing? Is anyone else there? I like to dream about a better year ahead, so the word that I’ve chosen for 2023 is simply “Dreams.” Not only do I want to see lifelong dreams unfold, but I literally want to get more sleep. More dreams. Over the past
How was your year in 2018? Was it refreshing? Disappointing? Incredibly busy? No matter how it was, you can make 2019 a great year. We can’t control all of our circumstances. There are storms of life that will continue to head our way. However, we can choose how to view those storms―and how to respond
I greatly miss my sweet grandmother-in-law, Jerrie Mock, who passed away on Tuesday. I wish that I could express all that she meant to me. I met her seven years ago, on a day that she was grieving the loss of her son, my husband’s father, who died unexpectedly. I sat across from her in
I’m grateful for my father, who taught me to follow my dreams. I know that I complained as a child, following him around from country to country as he did mission work in Europe. But as I watched him achieving his goals–leading teams of people into mission work in Communist countries, starting a large church
These photos are spectacular. They capture moments that I will probably never witness in real life. Some of them made me feel incredibly nervous: I imagined that I was in the middle of a fight or right next to an active volcano. Other photos made me feel motivated to do something adventurous: to jump out
I have often avoided uncomfortable conversations, but this week, I began to look at them from a different perspective. It all started with a quote that I found in my journal. I keep a gratitude journal, where I write down five things that I’m grateful for each day. Often, I’ll include a happy moment that
This quote about love and life brightened my day. When I find heartwarming quotes, I enjoy passing them on. Emerson’s not the only one who wishes these things for you. I hope that you find them, too: “This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the
