Beauty Everlasting
I met a unicorn today. She was everything I imagined. I greeted her from the waiting room and her smile dazzled me with tintless opals. Poised with grace she waltzed past me flowing ever so gracefully to my dental hygiene chair. I quickly composed myself, not...
Whole Magazine Post: The Distaste of Becoming Lukewarm
[I am now one of WholeMagazine.org contributing writers! So you may see some of my writing featured on Whole! I will link them from my website here so you don't miss them. Thanks for encouraging me to keep writing by following along at Refine and Restore!] ***...
A New Pair of Glasses
In case you missed my latest post due to all the Halloween festivities yesterday, join me TODAY over at WholeMagazine.org where I discuss a new perspective regarding our responses to stressors we feel in life... I’ll never forget the first time I tried on...
When Perfectionism Prevents Forward Momentum
I struggle with perfectionism. It is a characteristic I’ve recently realized in myself that can have both positive or negative effects. It can be a good thing—like in my job as a dental hygienist for example. That job requires skilled hands mastering the art of...
Just Breathe…
I kissed my kids faces as I put them to sleep tonight; rubbed noses with them as we always do before I end our evening with prayer. We prayed for daddy who is teaching his class tonight--helping broken men become restored. We prayed for family near and far...
5 Things: For When You’ve Lost your Joy in Motherhood
I wake up and hit the ground running each morning. Scrambling to change my crumpled nightshirt into something a bit less crumpled, I quickly splash water on my eyes to get rid of the sleep “crusty’s,” and stumble towards my babies’ morning cries. All three of them....
Where Feet May Fail
Original post at WholeMagazine.org * * * “I would rather experience what it’s like for a moment to “walk on water” with Jesus even with the possibility of wavering, or sinking in the waves. Because where feet may fail, Jesus will not.”— Rachel Swanson I was sitting...
Seasons of Thrive or Seasons of Survive
Fall has arrived and with it the season of trees changing colors, brisk mornings, and pumpkin spice lattes in abundance. Ok… perhaps I’m exaggerating a bit. Southern California hardly experiences drastic seasonal changes to produce the pops of red,...
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