Category: attitude

You Can Change Your Life By Changing Your Thoughts

attitude, Bible, Bible verses, thankful

“You can change your life by changing your thoughts.” —Denise Cunningham I’m still benefitting from my retreat. In fact, look at me. It’s been a week, and I’m STILL talking about it. This thought-changing lesson is one that God is really drilling into my brain lately. First, it came up in the book I’ve been reading, Unglued, by Lysa Terkeurst. Then Denise brought it up at the retreat. The importance of our thought life cannot be overstated. It will change […]

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Two Important Life Lessons I Learned From Getting Lost

attitude, God, hard times

Last weekend, Alan and I drove to church separately. We do that often since I rarely wake up early enough to leave on time, which bothers Alan. He so badly wants to be on time. Oddly enough, I needed to be extra early to work the nursery that morning, so it was just J.D. and me in the van, and we were even earlier than Alan.  I was doing well, zipping down the highway. I didn’t have the radio on, and […]

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Why it is So Important to Focus on the Big Picture Rather than Our Daily Difficulties

accomplishment, attitude, back pain, family, parenting

Today the boys and I had to walk all the way to the mini-mart, which is all of 1/2 a mile. I put JD in the double jogger, that way I could put the milk I needed in the empty seat. How did we let ourselves run completely out of milk? Families of six cannot do such a thing! I didn’t let anyone ride bikes, so Caleb ran most of it. One of Daniel’s biggest wishes is to beat Caleb […]

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What makes you thrive? What is in your wheelhouse?

attitude
THRIVE

I recently read a post by Tamara over at tamaracamerablog.com, titled “In My Wheelhouse.” She talks about her realm of expertise, the things that she can do, and do well. She inspired me. What is in MY wheelhouse? Tamara is really into the photography AND writing aspect of blogging. Actually, she’s also a genius at the social networking part of it too. I enjoy the writing, and you know I love me some pictures. But photography? Taking wedding photos for other […]

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11 Reasons Personal Interactions are Better than Social Media

attitude, blessings, blog, blogging, family

The biggest change of the year for me has been that I’m so busy with people who I can actually see that I can no longer keep my blog updated or read my Facebook feed. My online life–Is that a thing??– is seriously taking a hit! Yes, I still go on Facebook to check my messages, so I still see the “top story” or two, but that’s about it. Last year, I spent so much time alone in the house […]

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Messy is the New Beautiful Photoblog

attitude, beauty, California, photography, pictures, wildlife

This is beauty to me: my sweet ten-year-old in his new arm cast. I’m not saying that I’m happy my son broke his arm, but you have to admire his all-in-spirit. It reminds me of that quote from Finding Nemo: Dori tells Marlin, the helicopter dad, “Well, you don’t want nothing to EVER happen to him, because then nothing would EVER happen to him.” Never underestimate the power of beauty. Beauty! “Joy is a net of love by which you […]

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What to Do to Overcome Evil With Good Today

attitude, Bible verses, big family life, funny stories, God, Jesus, summer

To begin with, I will say that no one ever said overcoming evil is easy. This has been an exhausting week, with both Art Camp and Vacation Bible School going on. It’s hard to explain why. It’s difficult to tell you what it’s like to get 4 little boys ready to leave the house 3 times a day, wake up early, and stay up late. It’s hard to explain why I completely melted down yesterday morning, but I did. Let’s […]

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VBS and Art Camp. Ready or not, we are doing this.

attitude, brothers, family, funny stories, little boys, parenting, summer

This is the big week, the BIG BIG week. The boys are going to Vacation Bible School, at our very own church. So yes, that means I am going to help. It’s an embarrassingly minimal amount of helping, really. I basically signed up to help lead around 2nd and 3rd graders and listen to them say Bible verses. I haven’t decorated or contributed in any other way. So why is this a big deal? Because we have the only two […]

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Me Time? Or God Time? Juice, Or Milk?

attitude, God, home school, Jesus, parenting, school, toddlers

Last night, I felt restless in my spirit. You know that sensation that you get when you have plenty to do, but you don’t WANT to do any of it? I had the need to get out. Some people call it “ME” time. I don’t call it “ME” time. I never found spending an hour pampering myself to be refreshing at all. However, I DO find a nice, long, not too slow, and not too fast, walk to work WONDERS. […]

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Screwdrivers, Food, and Price Increases: Yes, it makes sense!

attitude, baby milestones, blog, blogging

Have I mentioned that I only have 4 weeks of teaching left for this year? Surely I have mentioned this because I am plumb GIDDY. The last few weeks of teaching are a lot like the last few weeks of ANYTHING. It’s getting a little sloppy. People that say “finish strong” are basically just getting on my nerves at this point. So here’s what’s been going on: 1.Caleb developed a sudden fascination with a screw driver today. The toys took […]

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