I didn’t really realize it until this week. I just thought it had become really difficult because of time constraints and lack of focus. But it turns out that I’d lost my mojo. No, not like Austin Powers lost his. Of course, I’m talking about blogging mojo. For quite a few months, I’ve struggled with [...]

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Nose tracks. My front windows are covered with nose tracks – dog-height smudges and smears made up of dried slobber and snot. At this moment, two of our dogs are busy creating more. They’re seated in front of my office window, gazing out at the street. The dogs are waiting for something – anything – [...]

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Waving in the wind In layers of color, leaves Shift and fall to earth Today is a rather blustery day. The wind, cold from the north, swept in on the heels of yesterday’s rain. I turned on the heater for the first time this morning. The kids all willingly wore their jackets to school. I [...]

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It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m enjoying my usual spot on the couch, next to my football-watching husband. With the noise of the game in the background, I read the paper, visit Pinterest, Tweet, and write. It’s relaxing, in a strange, noisy way. Today, for most of the 1:00 game, I wrote in fits and starts. [...]

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The open door to the deck lets the outdoor breezes in. Which is good because I’m still warm from our walk. Charlie and I decided to go for a walk this morning. I don’t know why I decided to walk outside instead of on the treadmill; the beautiful weather probably had something to do with [...]

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A fish jumped out of the water behind me, right next to the shore. The splash broke the stillness of the lake. I leaned back in the Adirondack chair on the dock and tried to get back to breathing. I’m not very good at relaxing. No. Let’s get real here: I suck at relaxing. I’m [...]

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I sit at the kitchen table with my laptop, listening to the incessant drumming of the dryer, paired with the sloshing of the washer. LC told me that Tess the Puppy scared herself on his drum kit this morning. Her wagging tail apparently hit the bass drum, making her jump and whirl around. I’ve got [...]

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So last week Charlie and I were at a conference, spending our days in seminars and our evenings at receptions at John Maxwell’s house. Really great teaching and interaction with conference attenders, but kind of exhausting. At the final reception on Sunday we were all a little punchy, so it wasn’t really a big surprise [...]

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Like I said the other day, I’ve been reading the book of Job in the Bible. And like every time I reread something from God’s word, I’m getting something different out of it. This time, my focus is on how Job and his friends all try to answer the question WHY when tragedy strikes. On [...]

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Well, the first week of school has come and gone. LC, Hannah, and Abby each survived being “the new kid.” And they all made some friends and got used to their new schools. And me? I spent five glorious days at home in a silent house. Did I clean? No. But I did catch up [...]

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