I attended a creative summit recently to branch out and learn new things. However, one theme that seemed to repeat was the need to get things out on paper. Yep, a good old brain dump. Idea, things to do, scheduling. Lay it all out. Why? So the mental load wasn't as impossible to bear. We keep so much in our brains, that it can lead to mental and physical issues. It was a great reinforcement to hear. In fact, I'd just realized I needed to do just that. Not just in my business ideas, and scheduling but in my overall life. Many people have no idea how much we hold in our minds, but...
The first time I had a s'more I was in Girl Scouts. It was an ooey and gooey treat for sure. The last time was just after my baptism when the church celebrated with a cookout. This time my daughter was all about roasting the marshmallows. As we talk scouting for her, she's delighted by the fact of getting to roast and eat more s'mores. However, truthfully she's a lot like me. An ingredient eater. While we can eat them together as a delightful concoction, we're also pleased as punch to eat the graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows all by themselves. Sure that may make us a little weird, but we're naturally a bit kooky...
The day Autumn starts kicks off a hectic season for our family. Besides school there's a plethora of events including birthdays, anniveraries, church events, and shows. We've been blessed this year to get into 5 events after a couple years of slowness. This also means spending any extra moment prepping product and displays. I've been praying I'll get everything on my to do list completed, but it's a doozie! Between school, work, and obligations life's going to be hectic. I hope in the down times, and those moments of rest we sneak in, we enjoy cocoa together. It's a family favorite and a Fall treat we all get excited over. _ _ _ How about you? How is your Fall...
Life is hard. No one said it would be easy. In fact, God told us more than once there would be trials and tribulations. Sometimes I just don’t want to hear that. I want to mope, and perhaps even give in to anger. I detest having my expectation smashed, my dream put on pause by someone else. But it happens. Life happens. Things you orchestrate in your mind don’t always manifest according to your plan. Yes, God’s timing is perfect and on time for the way things should be. But sometimes I don't think UPS gets the memo. Like saying they delivered my desk top when they didn’t. Being late with the replacement…and denting the side. Exactly how I hoped...
Independent means to be out of someone else's control. A free thinker. I've always been a dreamer, a person who jotted down ideas outside the realm of reality. In fact, when I was about my daughters age I dreamed of being an astronaut. That's about as far away from my real life as I could get. Don't get me wrong I loved my life, especially running around in my grandparents' backyard. But even then I didn't have a sense of me. I saw myself as a we because of my twin sister. Yes, we're separate and unique, but we were a pair from the beginning (literally). As I grew that closeness was a God send because we could help each...