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Fall Reading Essentials

Imagine. Your house is spotlessly clean. The kitchen is immaculate, laundry done and put away, not a speck of dust in sight. You are showered with freshly washed and dried hair; you’ve donned your most cozy loungewear. There’s still-warm cookies on the cooling rack. The kettle whistles so you can pour yourself a cuppa. The day is overcast and chilly, maybe a light drizzle is falling, the kind that pat pat pats against the window. You’ve turned on an ambient video of your choice of background noise such as rainfall, ocean waves, or (my favorite) a crackling fireplace. Next, you light your seasonal candle because you know the scent of your baking endeavors will soon fade. After making a plate of cookies and preparing a cup of chai, you grab your coziest blanket and your current read and settle into the best reading spot in your house (the couch for me) to read away an hour or two.

Starting Off Right

While February is nearing its end, I’ve got a bit of catching up to do. I believe reflection is a great way to remember to be grateful for the things in your life. Helps keep things in perspective, ya know? So today I’ll be recapping the first month of the year and all the good and bad it brought with it.

5 Good Things No. 4

What a week, friends. I typed out a witty caption earlier in the week to go with Jack’s picture. But it just doesn’t feel right anymore.
I am deeply saddened by the events that have taken place this week. I listened to a sermon on Sunday that referenced the fact that we take on average 16 breaths in a minute. George Floyd was deprived that for nearly 9 minutes. We must do better as a human race. I know we can. And we will. The negative will always make the headline news. But let’s try making news in our own communities by making changes that are for the good. It’s up to us. Start in your heart, educate yourself, teach your family, and spread it to the world.