Category Archives: Life Lessons

Pain has its Purpose… to Find the Bridge

The painful valleys that we all find ourselves in at one time or another are seemingly insurmountable at the time we are wandering.  I remember after I had my second child that I was not prepared for that first year of unanswered health concerns.  Only mother can understand fully what it means to be responsible for the… Continue Reading

The Granddaddy of All Pumpkin Hunters

Last week our family went to the pumpkin patch for our annual romp through the massive green fields dotted with orange.  We all enjoy the memory making event.  My husband has a strategy.  He likes to get the wheelbarrow and bump it along with the kids inside to the far stretches of the field.  I’m… Continue Reading

How to Handle the Pressure to Conform

Be Unique photo by Bryon Realey   Have you ever wrestled with the issue of identifying “who you truly are meant to be” versus “conforming with what everyone else is already doing?” A few weeks ago, I was listening to Paul Evans of Nicheology in his clip called The Income Initiative. He was explaining that a big hurdle to… Continue Reading