Fix Your Face, part 1 (and maybe the only part)
“You better fix your face, young man, and you better fix it now,” said Mom to her son who looked to be about four years old. I turned from the clothes rack where I was shopping to see a little boy shuffling behind his mother. He pulled his hood over his head, crossed his arms, and pouted out his lips like I do mine when life isn’t going my...
My Word for 2014 – Content
Even though I wasn’t especially content with it, a sermon about equations hit a nerve so deep that I was convinced my word for 2014 had to be contentment. Instead of making resolutions, I choose to focus throughout the year on one word. In 2012, my word was incremental. Living incrementally changed my life. I broke down big tasks and...
The Gift of Darkness (the bright side of depression)
I recently (in the last four years or so) went through the darkest and most painful depression I’ve experienced. I knew a lot about why, but not much about how to stop it. Since very little of the advice helped from friends or from articles and books they suggested, the best I could do was ride the lows until they passed. I hoped the...
Is It a Proclamation or a Clubbing?
The woman knocked five or six times before she gave up and left a tract in the door. Until she was out of sight, our dog barked (unusual for her) like she was terrified. “Our visitor came to proclaim the gospel while our dog sounds like she’s encountered a demon” was all I could think. That’s my skewed vision of in-your-face proclamation, but...
Answering the Questions
Susannah Friis, how did we hook up anyway? However it happened, I couldn’t be happier to share blogging space with you, my special (and sassy) Aussie friend and encourager. Check out Susannah’s blog at Personally Speaking. Susannah sent 10 questions to be answered (I figured what better day to post than on my birthday ... yep, it's my...
The Equation (when life doesn't add up and other equations let you down)
Contentment has seldom been part of my life’s equations, especially when the car goes into the shop for new brake pads and comes out squealing, or when a relationship unexpectedly ruffles, or when our son hikes 60 plus miles with only his backpack and his dog, like he’s doing right now. Too many times I give into irritation and frustration and...
The Equation (when life doesn’t add up and other equations let you down)
Contentment has seldom been part of my life’s equations, especially when the car goes into the shop for new brake pads and comes out squealing, or when a relationship unexpectedly ruffles, or when our son hikes 60 plus miles with only his backpack and his dog, like he’s doing right now. Too many times I give into irritation and frustration and...
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.
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