I remember when my somedays were nothing more than a whisper, escaping lips in weary moments of diapers, dinners and drowsy, late night chores. For years they lay tucked beneath the layers of an all-consuming, “playing catch-up” life. But last night, as I began packing the first boxes of a home lived in for 22 years, all I wanted to hang onto were the yesterdays. Those long-awaiting somedays melted into the yearning for just one more yesterday. One more yesterday of little ones toddling from one toy to the next and sleepy eyes needing comforting from scary dreams. One more yesterday of sleepovers, pool parties and after-school play dates. Life is chocked full of changes. Some large, some small. But each change summons a new season of life. And each season offers a Continue Reading
5 Ways to Kickstart Your Hopes & Dreams
What if the most important thing our hopes and dreams need is a kickstart? I’ve mentioned in a previous post that after 22 years, we are selling our home. It’s something we’ve dreamed of for a decade, but with a large family and a rollercoaster economy, there was always something keeping us from listing it. Isn't that just the way it is when it comes to stepping into the one thing we really desire? By the time you read this, we’ll be packing the truck and changing zip codes. It’s not a huge location change, but it is a huge personal change. One that is very exciting because the market is good, and this positions us in a better financial standing for our future. One that’s scary because there’s a certain element of security and normal that is lost in letting go of what we hold Continue Reading
8 Ways to Silence Your Someday Thieves
It's a sobering thing to realize what lies between us and our "somedays" are often silent little thieves. They create doubt and make us question our abilities, our worth and the validity of our hopes and dreams. They steal our confidence and our ambition. And they leave us feeling defeated before we take a single step toward the someday that always finds its way in the forefront of our mind. Sure, life gets busy. We're all stretched thin. There are a plethora of distractions, all vying for urgency in our days. Yet it's the somedays our heart craves. It's the somedays our spirit longs to revive. In every life, it's the somedays that bring fresh hope to the parched places of our soul. Perhaps deciding to assign urgency to even one is the first step to getting our Continue Reading
September Somedays Series
It's September, and that means it's the perfect time to begin pulling those "maybe somedays" out of the drawer, dust them off and start moving forward on making them a reality - TODAY. We all have them. Life's possibilities we consider once the kids are back in school. The ones we let peek from beneath our cluttered heart's drawer for just a breath. Long enough to feel our pulse rush and our imagination ignite. For a brief moment, our somedays stir us to believe in more. They warm us and open our mind to more beyond the here and now. And they create space for our dreams to take life. What are your somedays? What will it take to open your heart's drawer and let them breathe? How would it feel to give a place to grow? September is the perfect space for birthing Continue Reading