Recently I passed a sign at a nearby recreation center that read: “BALLET BELLY DANCING CLASS!” A tiny remembering part of me lit up inside, whispering, “Maybe you should sign up.” Simultaneously, every other part of me screamed, “Absolutely not! You’d be miserable with embarrassment!” That wee whispering part of me was born the first […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
I have been re-reading an uplifting little book called Simple Pleasures. Today, I experienced one of my own. After a day of focused homeschooling that lasted until 4, the piano beckoned me. How rarely I give in to life’s supreme pleasures! I let myself get distracted by errands, chores, screens, fatigue. A few months ago, […]
The last time I was truly, blissfully happy was when I was writing a letter. It made me feel like Fay Wade, the dear elderly woman who mentored me in my faith when I was in middle school. She wrote me encouragements inside cards with old-fashioned florals on the front. Her penmanship complemented the cards. […]
A Children's Book World 