bonanza [bəˈnænzə] n 1. a source, usually sudden and unexpected, of luck or wealth. I’m one of those people who never wins things. Raffles? Stopped bothering buying tickets. Contests? Not since the seventh grade poetry contest. Giveaways? Please. Until now! This past September, by a wild act of God, I won the September Sponsor Giveaway on one of my favorite blogs, Lil Blue Boo. I was shocked – – floored – – when I heard {read more…}
To journal or not to journal? That was never a question for me in my last three years as a high school English and theatre teacher. I was so busy grading papers and lesson planning that I just didn’t have the time to journal, and when I did, I felt too exhausted and drained to “process” my life on the page. It was truly the last thing I wanted to do. But, oh the guilt! {read more…}
Let me just come out and say it: I’m a perfectionist. It’s not something I’m proud of. Yes, perfectionism can be a good thing in certain circumstances and push me toward excellence, but if I’m anxious or feeling far from God, my quest for perfection is often to blame. One way I battle my perfectionism is by intentionally embracing imperfect things and seeing beauty in their imperfections. Take my alphabet stamps, for example. They have imperfections built-in {read more…}
