Monday night I was tired so instead of packing up all my paints to go to my art class I took an old sketch pad, some pencils and tray of watercolors. I opened the sketch pad and found some drawings of little characters that I had made, oh, probably about six years ago. I remember thinking that […]
I’ve just returned from a visit to my homeplace, the little town where I grew up… a place that’s done quite a bit of growing up itself. I had some adventures there. I spent a day on the beach with my terrific husband. I walked my pug down to the lake where she tried to eat […]
I was driving home last Monday feeling pretty rotten. I had just been to the doctor, was given some antibiotics, and told to take it easy. I passed by a church with a lighted sign. In big, red, flashing letters it said, “REST!” When I drove by the same church sign yesterday it was scrolling the verse, “Come […]
(read Feb.5 first) We had a couple other cars between. Some big yellow thing, I think it was a Buick Electra and then a Plymouth Valiant that we bought from a friend to use as a second car. The seat wouldn’t move up in the Valiant so I had to sit with a big pillow […]
I was toodling down the road in my black Honda Element listening to the theme from the old Batman show when it came to me. Batmobile! That will be the name of my “new to me” car. More toodling and a few songs later I found myself thinking about about my other vehicles, their names and […]
My yard looks like a giant carrot cake frosted with cream cheese. Last night the snow fairies dropped white sugar icing all over the limbs of the trees, the grass and the clay mud that is peeking out of a few places where the white is spread thin. Some of the tree branches are coated in clear ice and the sun makes […]
I want to be a buoy. I want to pop up and be a bright spot in the dark, roiling waters. Some people pull us up. Others pull us down…like fishing weights or sinkers. Even buoys can be pulled under if they have enough sinkers tied to them. When people are near me I hope I can find a way to lift them up, even […]
Every sunrise gives us a chance to start over… every sunset a chance to be thankful for another day of life.
I remember, not that long ago, looking up at the sky and sighing at the beauty of a flock of geese gracefully soaring across the blue, wondering where they were going and what they had seen, and in some small way feeling like, in that moment, I could soar too. Then someone told me that […]
In my October 15, 2007 blog I talked about learning how to ride the waves of life challenges instead of kicking against them. And I am learning that the first step in doing this is to accept where I am. I have to be willing to look at the water around me and to say, […]
When our kids were little, each Christmas I would set up two nativity scenes, one was glass and for display, the other one was plastic. The kids and their friends weren’t allowed to touch the glass one but the plastic one was there just so they could play with it. During play times Mary and Joseph […]
Around the corner…over the hill…over the bridge then I’m Home. In just a few days my house will be filled for the holidays with family. It will be busy, noisy and full of love….a bit like Heaven, I think. By the time everyone leaves I’m liable to be a little tired and grumpy. That happens to folks like […]
Tomorrow morning I will board another dark-thirty flight, this time to NYC. And there will be adventures all along the way. I will meet new people, see new places, sleep in a different bed, eat amazing food. I will get to hug my little brother and my mom! Miraculously, I will soar through the air on a big, […]
There is no one that can see the secret things in my heart, the longings, the joys, the regrets, the acceptance, the pain, the peace. And even I can only see glimpses, when I am brave enough to look. But God sees all of it and He loves me deeply, completely, unconditionally. He doesn’t love […]
“The Purpose Driven Life” has many folks wondering about why they were put on earth. Some days that question is just too big for me. So I have decided to ask myself instead why I was put on earth today. What one or two useful or beautiful things can I do today? If I can […]
Robin Prince Monroe 