Whisper a Love Note: Quiet Words & A Giveaway (Day 10) 21 Days of Rest:...
Do you remember hearing the whisper of someone who loves you? Was it in the voice of falling in love at first blush — someone close and intimate to you? Or maybe you heard the inaudible whispers of...
View ArticleDare to Unplug & Go Off the Grid: Five Ways (Day 14) 21 Days of Rest
So, I just came back from a week of being unplugged-off-the-grid on vacation in San Diego last week. I was unpacking (a week is a long time with two boys and a hubby) and I couldn’t wait to confide in...
View ArticleLetter from Home: Follow Your Heart (Day 15) (Custom Portrait Watercolor...
Dear Heart, I know I’ve been so quiet these past two weeks. I’m not quite sure why it is I’ve felt so unable to speak, when all of life is swirling around me. Summer is pushing, undulating forward,...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean To Really Forgive? (Day 17) 21 Days of Rest
Are you still in contact with your mom? What about your father? I never know what the person who’s asking thinks about my answer. It ties my stomach up in knots and my head feels tight because I know...
View ArticleMe & the Military? The Scariest Thing (Day 19) 21 Days of Rest
I didn’t want to tell my story. I didn’t want to write that book. Not the one about my pain. Not the one about my childhood. What use is it to go back in time and drudge up all the unhappiness and...
View Articlefind me in the quiet places: a little big change (Day 20) 21 Days of Rest
{thank you for your sweet words of encouragement for my time with the Military to meet with the Wounded Warriors Battalion from Fort Campbell, KY this weekend. i truly felt your prayers for me and the...
View ArticleThe Awkward Disappointment of Saying No
I didn’t want to go anymore. I was having anxiety attacks and when that happens, I can’t think. I feel numb. I literally had nothing to say. I had worked myself into a frenzied state of anxiety...
View ArticleBe Here Now. A More Beautiful Place
{be here now. journal given as a gift by janine crum} “Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant Making the unknown known is what is important.” Georgia O’keefe Did you ever wonder if you have anything...
View Article5 Questions to Ask Before Giving Up on Your Dreams
even when the hills are scorched by summer heat, beauty finds a way to bloom. {a quiet find on a morning hike} I was buckling myself in for a four-hour layover flight from Dallas to Nashville, when I...
View ArticleIn the Bitter, There is Also Sweetness (A Soul-to-Soul Conversation)
{me and my “er hu”. the chinese two-string violin. one of my favorite spiritual whitespaces – redwood trees where i recorded today’s soul-to-soul video for you} It’s funny what can happen when you...
View ArticleIs it Time To Break Your Silence? What I Was Afraid To Tell My Son (An...
{i had no idea of what was about to unfold because of this one night at Josh Wilson’s concert} Is there a piece of your story that you’ve been afraid to share with someone close to you? Maybe you feel...
View Article{When You Long To Rest } A Soulful Spiritual Whitespace Face{Book} Club
{Psst..I recorded a special video message from the beach for you at the end of today’s post} I’ve been dreaming about it from the very beginning. From the moment I began putting pen to paper — to write...
View ArticleLetting Go, Ferguson, Loose Ends & Real Peace
even in the darkest of nights, love is light. letting the kids stay up on Sunday night. creating memories. (Merry Christmas, friends. let’s make Christmas new this year. in us.) #spiritualwhitespace...
View ArticleDon’t Despise Small Beginnings. #BeginNew #SpringChallenge (FREE PRINTABLE)
Very little grows on jagged rock, Be ground, be crumbled So wildflowers will come up where you are. You’ve been stoney for too many years Try something different Surrender ~ Rumi {my images are free...
View ArticleThe Pink Outfit: Why Joy Takes Courage: Choose Joy
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” Henri Nouwen {photo thanks to kindred artist Sarah @stimmerman85 who shared her beautiful #spiritualwhitespace...
View Articlefind me in the quiet places: a little big change (Day 20) 21 Days of Rest
{thank you for your sweet words of encouragement for my time with the Military to meet with the Wounded Warriors Battalion from Fort Campbell, KY this weekend. i truly felt your prayers for me and the...
View ArticleThe Awkward Disappointment of Saying No
I didn’t want to go anymore. I was having anxiety attacks and when that happens, I can’t think. I feel numb. I literally had nothing to say. I had worked myself into a frenzied state of anxiety...
View ArticleBe Here Now. A More Beautiful Place
{be here now. journal given as a gift by janine crum} “Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant Making the unknown known is what is important.” Georgia O’keefe Did you ever wonder if you have anything...
View Article5 Questions to Ask Before Giving Up on Your Dreams
even when the hills are scorched by summer heat, beauty finds a way to bloom. {a quiet find on a morning hike} I was buckling myself in for a four-hour layover flight from Dallas to Nashville, when I...
View ArticleIn the Bitter, There is Also Sweetness (A Soul-to-Soul Conversation)
{me and my “er hu”. the chinese two-string violin. one of my favorite spiritual whitespaces – redwood trees where i recorded today’s soul-to-soul video for you} It’s funny what can happen when you...
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