Monday December 26, 2016

Default to "yes" more often than you say "no". Unexpected amazingness will come from it. May you be blessed with "yes", in your vocabulary, in your actions, and in your heart.

“What are you doing right now? Are you sitting down? You should sit down.”

On Sept. 24, 2013, on the way into what turned out to be a spectacularly unsuccessful Weight Watchers meeting, I got a call from one of my favorite relatives. I answered it right away, hoping that she’d provide me an excuse to cut out before I had to get on the scale.

“What’s up?” I asked, and I heard her take a deep breath, hesitating slightly, like she was balancing an avalanche on the tip of her tongue. And then it tumbled out. Unto my family, a child had been born. And he needed me to be his mother...READ MORE

Please pray for me, my spirit is weary. My health is failing and my mind has lost itself in depression and anxiety episodes. I need God to heal all that is broken in me. Thank you.

I will be grateful even when my life stinks. Even when I'm bummed out, ticked off, or fuming mad...I will find something to be grateful for. Because there's plenty of plenty around me.