Author: Brenda

When I set my goals and plans for 2020 I didn’t include foot surgery for a torn tendon. However, it has certainly rearranged the furniture in my life’s rut …

Something hilarious happened today. Being a self-help junkie I’m familiar with many of the books out there on self-discipline and habits, but I loved Stephen Guise’s book “Mini-Habits.” It …

I was only twenty when I married Terry but by then I had learned to be independent. My high school years were spent in boarding school in Bangkok, eight …

Sitting here in my parked car, on my birthday, I’m looking at a tiny house with a purple door. I can hardly contain my excitement as I’m about to …

Sitting here in Starbucks I see through the window our first real snow, blanketing the tables and chairs. I got here early and have eaten my chocolate croissant and …

(Who writes a beach blog in December? I do, because that’s where I was recently.) It is my second morning on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I lay …

I’m currently driving and drinking my coffee while talking this into my phone, where it is writing it as text. It will then be emailed to myself. No, this …

I’m sitting here, once again, trying to have my God-time first thing in the morning. You could call it my “prayer time” but for me, since I’m talking (praying) …