Are the circumstances in your life tangled? There is joy to be had and good to do even when we don’t have it all together.
Author Archives: Grace Gardiner
Leave People Better Than How You Find Them
This week marked the anniversary a day that changed my life. Early in the morning of May 26, 1997 my phone rang and I found out that my father had passed away suddenly. His loss is still keenly felt when there is a problem and I need advice, when my daughter does something amazing orContinue reading “Leave People Better Than How You Find Them”
My Strength is My Weakness…But Not for Long
One thing you might as well know about me is I am a goal setting, planner extraordinaire. I keep two planners, multiple notebooks, lists and spreadsheets. I believe I am the reason post-it notes were invented. I regularly check my planners throughout each day, not because I am that extremely busy, but because I justContinue reading “My Strength is My Weakness…But Not for Long”
Breath of Fresh Air
Have you ever thought “It’s been a long week” on a Tuesday? I sure hope it is not just me! That is how I was feeling when I was getting ready yesterday morning. One of those mornings when I had not slept well and as soon as I started to wake, the dictates of theContinue reading “Breath of Fresh Air”
Celebrate
May 4, 2020 marked the third anniversary of standing on the scale at my WW meeting and being told by my coach that I had reached my goal weight. On that date I had lost 151.5 pounds, an achievement I did not even consider when I first stepped on the scale at the first WWContinue reading “Celebrate”
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Creative Living
Early in the new year, I embarked on a challenge posed to me in a crafters’ Facebook group to complete an unfinished craft project each month in 2020. How refreshing to know that I did not struggle alone with unfinished projects! Several weeks later as I started working exclusively from my home office and myContinue reading “Creative Living”
Give Us Barabbas
I have been thinking a lot this week about the events of what we call Holy Week. Its a time when I needed to read those familiar Scripture passages as if it was the first time and let the images take shape in my mind. As I did, a long forgotten memory came back toContinue reading “Give Us Barabbas”
Less is Peace
In October 2018 I saw a Facebook post about the Minimalism Game. If you haven’t seen it, in this game on the first day of the month you get one item out of your house. On the second, two items, and so on for thirty days. If you complete the “game” you have rid yourContinue reading “Less is Peace”
Storm Snacks
What day is it? It doesn’t take long for me to lose my bearings a bit after not being farther than a neighbourhood walk away from home in days. I am used to grading papers and transcribing reports for many hours a day, entering the date on each one, fully cognizant of the day ofContinue reading “Storm Snacks”
