Reflections

The days this week have been pretty dreary with rain everyday. We have been dodging puddles and mud and clouds and gray. Things haven’t worked out as we planned with some cancellations and unexpected disappointments. They say every cloud has a silver lining and there is always a reason why. …

Some walls have cracks that need to mended and others have cracks that give them character.   We humans are a lot like the walls that we work so hard to make perfect. Our cracks, our dents, our scars…that is what tells the story of who we are.   We …

As a kid most, of our family vacations consisted of heading to state parks, and living in a cabin for a week. They cabin had beds, plumbing, electricity, but there was never a television and we didn’t own electronics. We were there to spend time together as a family and …

Hanging mirrors can be a bit tricky, especially when attaching to a brick wall. Mirrors can be our best friend or our worst enemy depending on the day. The image that we see is so often not the same one that others see. Our eyes can be so hard on …

When we are starting a job we load the bag with all the things we think we might need. The bag becomes full and heavy quickly filled with things just in case. We are a lot like this bag. So often we fill our minds up with worries and concerns …

Painting stairs can be tricky because you are stuck at either the top or the bottom when you finish. For basement stairs, it’s best to start at the bottom and work your way to the top. So often in life we find ourselves stuck at the bottom. The good news …

Disappointment is something everybody knows and can understand at some level. I know for myself disappointment is often self-inflicted. I get in my head the idea of how I want things to be, tell no one, and then when they don’t happen I feel a deep hurt and sadness. Mind …

‘One foot summer’ might sound a little odd, but for my daughter, that is exactly what the summer had been. Two weeks in, she broke her ankle, had surgery, and sported a pink cast and then a walking boot for the remainder of the summer. We talked about her one …

We couldn’t get the light to turn on in the room we were in today. Turns out, it was on a remote and one push of a button was all it took for the light to come on. We all have times when our buttons get pushed. Sometimes by circumstances, …

Sometimes we will use a jack to help lift different things. Using a jack to raise the drywall up to the ceiling sure makes the job go faster. We all like to be lifted up. Put-downs never help the way pick-me-ups do for our day, our mood, and our confidence. …