I’ve been frustrated. Beyond frustrated at times. In the middle of the summer I decided to start taking my blog more seriously and switch to self-hosted WordPress. At the time I was using Squarespace for design and hosting; I had even purchased a custom domain name. I put a lot of time and energy into […]
Therapeutic Blogging
Our culture revolves around the idea of self-sufficiency and independence. We don’t want our survival to be dependent on anyone besides ourselves. But I’m pretty sure our culture has it wrong. Community is important. It always has ben and it always will be. We’re born into families, we play on teams, and we’re assigned to work in […]
Five on Friday
Well today marks one week from my hip surgery and I think that justifies having two Five on Friday lists. I guess that’s technically Ten on Friday. But it’s 2 separate lists, so I think it still counts. List 1: Can we just take a minute to acknowledge all of the relationships I’ve been blessed […]
My Perfect Planner
Blogging has always been a hobby for me. Well, “always” may not be the best term to describe my love affair with blogging. When you think about it, blogging is a relatively new thing. And I’ve only been at it for 8 years. And it’s been pretty sporadic. So scratch the first sentence of this […]