by skimhenson | Jan 28, 2016 | awareness and action, depression, listening and talking, making a difference, marriage, relationships
“People lose their way when they lose their why.” Gail Hyatt In the series, Finish Your Book in 2016, author Jerry B. Jenkins talks about finding our “why.” He asks, “What truly matters to you?” It seems I’ve known since I was a little girl that relationships...
by skimhenson | Jun 22, 2014 | awareness and action, responsibility
When I say I stubbed my toe, I mean I jammed it going 5 miles an hour into yet another cement block that got in my way. Tripping over one in a Wilmington parking lot is how I broke my nose. I was tempted to excuse the accident with a statement like “God wants my...
by skimhenson | Aug 26, 2013 | awareness and action
When I taught kindergarten, a fellow teacher assured me I was lucky. She said it again and again at the beginning of each school year. She told me how lucky I was to always be assigned a well-behaved class, while paying little attention to the hours my students walked...
by skimhenson | Aug 26, 2013 | awareness and action
When I taught kindergarten, a fellow teacher assured me I was lucky. She said it again and again at the beginning of each school year. She told me how lucky I was to always be assigned a well-behaved class, while paying little attention to the hours my students walked...
by skimhenson | Jun 24, 2013 | awareness and action
He smiled big and gave me a friendly nod as he peddled by on his blue and silver bicycle, then asked, “How are you?” The scene happened right after two young fellows in a red pickup truck revved up their engine to let the bicycler know he was in their way on the...
by skimhenson | Jun 4, 2013 | awareness and action, choices and decisions
Seth Godin would be proud. Me? I’m on the fence about it. Yesterday I shipped a lengthy blog post, one with errors and sentences that made no sense, so I could honor the commitment I made to post every Monday. I have lots of excuses for the post being a mess,...