My Word for 2017 – Self-Care
“One word can change everything.” OneWord365.com Every year since 2012, instead of making resolutions, I’ve chosen a word of the year. Unlike resolutions, I actually remember my word and I make progress because of it. So far, my words have been … 2012 – Incremental 2013 – Ponder 2014 – Content 2015 – Revise & Momentum 2016 – Love I panic...
A Quiet Miracle (one I almost talked through)
“A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.” Ecclesiastes 3:7 #WhileLovingthePeopleInIt Although I wouldn’t call this a typical Thanksgiving post, today, I’m grateful. For a few weeks now, our family’s been going through growing pains, which makes me feel crazy because, even when I don’t know what...
Create Something Besides Chaos
“Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.” Thessalonians 4:11 I took my own advice about being quiet, voting, and being creative until I let people I care about (on and off of Facebook) overturn my week. I meant to watch the results of the election on...
It’s Not About Being Grateful
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” William Arthur Ward In a book study years ago, a group leader chose a topic each week for us to discuss. Gratitude came up often, especially around Thanksgiving. Everyone gushed gratitude until my turn when I’d say, “I’m grateful I don’t have to be...
Timing. Wait For It.
“Practice the pause.” Lori Deschene Even though I had no idea how to get started, I made a list of writing goals and included ghostwriting. On this day five years ago, one of my writing mentors needed to complete a manuscript within 30 days, so she asked if I’d take over her ghostwriting assignments from an international speaker for a month....
Loving People Through the Election (we can do it)
“We all have inside of us a Mother Teresa and a Hitler.” Unknown Almost daily I wonder if our country, my family and friendships, and I are going to make it until Election Day. These final four weeks are bringing out the worst in a lot of us. It’s telling when I’m relieved to read about Hurricane Matthew instead of politics. Even though I...
Lighten Up, Literally (a post about emotional eating)
“There’s a huge emotional component to weight loss.” Carnie Wilson This last decade, I’ve gained an average of two pounds a year – this was the least painful way to express it. The weight added up so gradually, I’m not sure if the gain started in 2005 after Dad’s death or when we moved to the beach about three years later. I used to walk...
Hi, I’m Kim.
I write about Getting Your Own Life While Loving the People In It which means we live our lives, honor our emotions, and show up for our relationships.
Stop by my About Page for more of my story.
GET UPDATES
AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS
MANAGED HOSTING BY
