Take No Thought

This was an awesome weekend!  It began with a massage Saturday afternoon that was everything a massage should be; relaxing, healing, releasing and all that good stuff.  My husband had one too; his was so delightful he fell asleep.  I suggested to him that falling asleep means the massage really worked, he disagreed saying “it […]

Yes. Si. Oui.

That’s what my husband answered to the French waitress when she asked him a question . . . Yes.  Si.  Oui.  It, needless to say, was funny - and I totally understood his language confusion.  As we have, together and individually, navigated this beautiful, artful, and old foreign land of Paris, we have stumbled our […]

The Eyes To See

Marc’s Uncle Harry is dying: cancer.  After visiting with his grandma early yesterday evening and trying to offer some measure of normalcy, family, and comfort to her during this time, Marc and I sat on our porch, each with a glass of wine and him with a cigar, and talked about, among other things, the pain […]

Indisputable Evidence

“I cut my hair!” my husband said as I walked through the door yesterday.  “You did!”  Embracing his, um, “new look,” Marc has recently cut his hair very, very close.  Which means, consequently, he has to cut his hair very, very often.  Sometimes he forgets . . . and I’m happy to remind him. 
Looking at […]

Living the Word of God – Practicing the Presence of God

Good Morning Beloved My Goodness Community, 
I am always searching for ways to deepen my relationship with God through practices and behaviors that enhance my awareness and experience of God.  It is my most heart-felt intention to see the face of God everywhere, which sometimes feels impossible.  But when I’m doing my best, I am at […]

What Have You Done for “You” Lately?

I was raised by my grandmother, who was nearly 60 when I was 5.  She had already raised six children of her own and one nephew.  I would make the eighth child she’d love and nurture into adulthood. Looking back my grandma was a complex woman.  She spoke often about scripture and God, and prayed […]

Chop Wood, Carry Water

Actually, for me it’s been more like feed baby, carry baby, change baby, burp baby, wash baby, rock baby, etc.  There so many unanswered questions in my life at the moment.  Will I go back to work in a month or so?  Full-time or part-time?  Childcare?  Who, where, and how much?  And then there’s the […]

The Season of Things

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8:
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to […]

Grow the Good!

Grow the good. It was a passing sentence really . . . but I just can’t seem to shake it. Neither can Monique . . . My Goodness Magazine’s co-creator. I, nearly absent-mindedly, included that statement in the email I sent out announcing our second publication of the magazine. Grow the […]

Confessions of a Destination Addict

I have a confession to make, but I’ll get to that in minute. Recently Oprah had a guest who has written a book titled Happiness Now. The author created a quiz that included questions or statements like - How satisfied are you with your life? – If I could live my life […]

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