My Midlife Project

Remodeling a Middle-Aged Mom

Should We Bury the Past or Share the Experience?

Squire Boone Cemetery 1848

“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4) [FYI —  A few hours after I posted this, my husband said I should enter it in the ‘Writing Contest: Overcoming Writer’s Doubt’ held by Positive […]

Opening Day of a New Season

“I see right through your work. You have a reputation for vigor and zest, but you’re dead, stone-dead. Up on your feet! Take a deep breath! Maybe there’s life in you yet. But I wouldn’t know it by looking at your busywork; nothing of God’s work has been completed. Your condition is desperate. Think of […]

photo by: andyarthur

Day 5 of 100: Putting the Past Behind

“My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” – the movie Forrest Gump Today was a walking day. Lucky me, because it was a sunny day and not too cold or windy. I walked about 20 minutes just before lunch. I thought about walking the hills […]

photo by: olmed0

Day 4 of 100: Seeking Serenity

“When we live life centered around what others like, feel and say, we lose touch with our own identity. I am an eternal being, created by God. I am an individual with purpose. It’s not what I get from life, but who I am, that makes the difference.”- Neva Coyle Today is a day of […]

Day 3 of 100: Pushing Through

“These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I’d be a damn’ fool if they weren’t.” ~ Dylan Thomas The above quotation has nothing to do with today… except that I suddenly thought about Dylan Thomas earlier while I was writing […]