Oh, does this image above make you want to curl up on a couch covered in that warm cozy blanket? A cup of hot cocoa warming your hands?
The cinnamon sticks and nutmeg envelop your senses as you stir in the marshmallows drizzled with caramel and chocolate fudge syrup. And then you close your eyes. You are now in the moment. And there is the part where you say, "Ahhhh..!”
Almost instantly you find yourself taking a few minutes-long vacations—such vacations that occur only in your mental state. And now, the not-so-perfect stuff you ran into early on in the day—GONE, like the marshmallows starting to melt away.
Then you reach for that book you picked up at your local bookstore—a novel, perhaps? That is the feeling I get each time, even in the middle of the dog days of summer! Simple joys that are easy to be had.
I love the Fall and Winter seasons for that very reason; it’s when my heart goes into vacation mode. It's in these warm moment that pondering happens, and gravitate me to journaling more often.
And since I can’t stop storytelling, I even have a contemporary romance manuscript tucked away. It’s a 'back burner' project for now—pretty ambitious, I know! But the dream is to eventually find it a home on a literary agent’s desk.
Now, while that story is still tucked away, I invite you to settle in and explore the 'God-inspired' moments I've shared in the articles below.
And remember, wherever you are in the world reading this, thank you for being part of this blogging journey. If the stories here speak to your heart, I’d love to connect with you more personally on Facebook.
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We often talk about the "moral decay" of the world as if it’s something happening far away from us. But when I took a closer look at how society spends screen time and the digital debates, I realized the audit had already begun.
It sounds backwards at first, but it’s impossible to hold onto a grudge when your hands are full of something else.
What if the most "holy" thing we can do is ask a question? Curiosity isn't a sign of doubt; it’s a spark of pursuit.
It was supposed to be a five-minute errand. My husband waited in the car while I dropped off a donation, but a quiet pull toward the church doors turned a simple "drive-by" obligation into an unexpected moment of awe.
Do you have a tangled mess of worries that keeps you up at night and steals your joy? Offer up the things we cannot untangle ourselves.
We often find ourselves stuck in the "waiting room" of life, staring at a silence that feels like an ending. But what if the quiet isn't a sign of absence, but a sign of something moving?
From connections like pure gold to those that feel a little rusty, relationships shape who we are. But what happens when they break? Before you throw away the fragments, discover how the art of mending can create something even more beautiful.
Our minds can only hold so much, and life moves fast. There is a simple, rhythmic way to capture that goodness so it never fades. Are you ready to outsmart the fade?
Ever feel bombarded by ads for things you only thought about once? The web’s algorithms are designed to give us more of what we click on. But there is a deeper, spiritual parallel at play: in life, we eventually catch what we fish for.
Photos capture the scene, but often comes at a cost. Discover the rare joy of unplugging.
A single digital glitch almost ended my blogging journey. Ready to walk away from it all, a moment of silence revealed that my frustration wasn’t a sign to stop, but a call to go deeper. This is how a technical failure led me to a restorative lifeline: the "Extraordinary List."
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