thankful thursday: week five

by | Jan 31, 2013 | confessions, thankful thursdays

Being thankful helps me live in the moment. Taking the time to pause and examine the gifts in life keeps me from just rushing onto the next thing. And the next, and the next. Ann Voskamp writes, “Maybe it is the hurt that drives us on? For all our frienzied...

confession: the three Nicoles

by | Jan 30, 2013 | confessions

I’ve always had that “something else” that I am doing. I don’t just mean a hobby, I mean a project that I have worked on enough to where that would be my dream career. Namely, writing. Since sixth grade, I’ve written novels and my dream...

confessions: the great mouse hunt

by | Jan 29, 2013 | confessions

Considering that I grew up watching Fievel Goes West, the Great Mouse Detective and Tom & Jerry, you might be surprised at how desperately I wanted one simple creature vanquished from this earth. First, there were the occasional mouse droppings in the laundry...

confessions: a few of my favorite things

by | Jan 25, 2013 | confessions, Writing

Though I’m a bit of a blog addict, there are several blogs out there that I regularly recommend for various reasons. Here is a collection of them and who might be interested in said blogs: For leadership/productivity:     Michael Hyatt   For...