Living In Front Of The Audience Of Many

One day, one of our girls started correcting her sister saying “Stop it. Stop it right now.” The tone of voice and the vocabulary sounded way too familiar, until it dawned on me that she was mirroring what I would say to them when those moments come in parenting where the only thing left in you is to say “STOP IT!”

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Living For The Audience Of One

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances…” beautifully said by Shakespeare in As You Like It. 

Life truly feels like a stage. God is the theatre director. We are the players. We enter it when we’re born and we exit it when God ordains it. More than that, I am reminded that we’re daily performing on a stage because we all have an audience. Continue reading

Letter From Juliette

Most little girls dream of that one day when they can wear the princess-looking stunning bridal dress. So many years of collecting high expectations for that one day. By the time we hit teenage years, the list goes higher than the Tower of Babel. We have it all figured out: the dress, the age, the setting, the looks, the menu, the guest list, the decorations… even the gifts. Continue reading

What’s Your Learning Style?- part I

I enjoy learning lessons, practical lessons of life. God gives me so many opportunities to do so. But, I prefer learning lessons the easy way. I’m willing to glean bits of wisdom even from a shallow activity like watching a show, or a movie. I’m even willing to go the extra mile, so I will learn principles I could apply even from someone else’s life.  It’s less complicated!Continue reading