grace upon grace

grace upon grace

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow. Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way I’ve heard the word grace nearly my entire lifetime. “Let’s say...
The Best Books of 2015

The Best Books of 2015

Warning: If you regularly talk about books, people might start to ask about your favorites. So you might add a page on your blog that lists several of them, but you also might write a post of the 10 best books of 2015. It could happen. I didn’t read as many...
be gentle with yourself.

be gentle with yourself.

The mason jar sits on my shelf, slowly filling with scraps of paper. The yellow and white mug sits on my desk, slowly being emptied of those same scraps. Every Monday I reach into the cup and pull out one folded scrap and I can already feel the smile spreading as my...