It’s An Attitude: make it an asset, not a disability
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” Scott Hamilton It’s easier to recognize a bad attitude in others than to convince a person they have one or to see it in ourselves. It’s like selective hearing. We ignore what we don’t want to deal with. I figured this out several years ago during recurring arguments with a family member. We...
A Lot of Faith, Part 1 (we’ve been given a lot)
“Our faith increases when we’re in enough pain, we learn enough, or we’re given enough.” Bishop Chuck Murphy (paraphrased from 20 years ago) Our lot, the one we closed on today, overlooks a creek, as well as houses, inns, and a church on the oldest part of Pawleys Island (Pawleys for short). We can take a boat from our neighborhood to secluded...
Get Out of The Car
“Get out from your house, from your cave, from your car. Get out from the place you feel safe, from the place that you are. Get out and go running, go funning, go wild. Get out from your head, get growing, dear child.” Unknown Last week, I vlogged about our minister getting a nudge from God when he asked what to do next with his life. He...
Pain Turns Us Into Runners
“When life is stressful, do something to lift your spirits. Go for a drive. Go two or three thousand miles away. Maybe change your name.” Unknown “There’s a big difference between running toward something and running away from something,” was my daughter’s take on our family’s tendency to shut down, escape, ignore, diminish, hide, or numb out...
I Don’t Like You
“Habits change into character.” Ovid I hate not liking people, but like my friend Betty said, “Some people are impossible to like because they don’t like themselves. The best you can do is love them, pray for them, and stay away from them.” Nevertheless, I’ve felt guilty for detaching from unlikable friends, guilty for saying no to their...
2017, A Great Year
“Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.” Lynn Austin, Candle in the Darkness The day before our son received a cancer diagnosis in late February, he wrote a rare...
Letting Go … what it looks like
“Let go or be dragged.” Zen Proverb In my last blog post, “Arguing and Bargaining with God … again,” I wrote about fighting with God about our son’s diagnosis and surgery versus doing what God asked, which was to let go. A friend commented on my post, “I think I struggle most with the practical. I don't know what 'letting go' looks like...
Hi, I’m Kim.
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