Grace Gardiner

Lazy Days

This past Saturday, my husband and I spent what felt like a decadent day. We did not blow the budget, nor did I stray from my healthy eating plan. How did we pass the day? It was by “doing” almost nothing. We lingered over our coffee and talked and talked and talked. About big thingsContinue reading “Lazy Days”

Feasting on Fellowship

This past weekend part of our family celebrated our second annual Thankbirthmas festivities. My husband and I both took a day off work to invest in our family relationships. We drove several hours in frustrating traffic to reach the home of our son and daughter-in-law. We spent the weekend together celebrating Thanksgiving (Thank), our fourContinue reading “Feasting on Fellowship”

Embracing Interruption

I think God is trying to get my undivided attention. My friends, I am being vulnerable here. I have been working away on my October planners, lesson plans for church and school, baking lists, Christmas shopping lists….. But, I am feeling that God wants me to learn to be interruptable. How do I know this?Continue reading “Embracing Interruption”

It’s Time

It is October 1. I love a new month and I especially love October. I am a goal-setter, planner, maker of lists and a fresh page on the calendar excites me. So much possibility. So much time. Until, that is, I start filling in the squares with all the “have-tos”. Work, doctor’s appointments, meetings; youContinue reading “It’s Time”