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Six Steps to Make an Ordinary Day Special
I LOVE special days! I love making plans and having things to look forward to. I love celebrations, special events, and fun moments that become treasured memories. But some days are just plain ordinary. We wake up on a rainy Monday with a long list of tasks ahead of us, and nothing feels exciting. Even…
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Another Ordinary… Or Is It?
Do you ever feel like every day blurs into the next? Like there is nothing special in your life except for maybe around the holidays when everyone seems happier and you have parties to go to? Do you wish you could make your normal days feel more special or memorable? I totally get it! Sometimes…
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Ordinary can be Special
I have never been one to like big events. I find small, intimate gatherings to be more meaningful. Especially when you make something so ordinary… special. Here are five ways that I like to make the ordinary special. Me Dates I have not done Me Dates as often as I once did. But I…
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Can I Please Have Dinner With…
This week, we are getting to discuss what historical figure we would like to have dinner with if we could. (P.S. Out of all the historical figures to have dinner with, what are the odds that Elizabeth and I would pick the same person? However, we did and it was actually really fun getting to…
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A Flight in History
If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would you pick? That’s a tough question. For me, it changes constantly. It depends on my mood. Do I want to be empowered or encouraged? Or do I want to be challenged or thought-provoked? Then the question is when would it be? At one point…
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I Wish I Knew Sooner In My Life…
“You learn something new every day.” “You live and you learn.” “Hindsight is always 20/20.” You have probably heard these phrases many times, and you may even repeat them often as well. It is true, we are constantly learning and growing and oftentimes we look back and wish we had known better or done things…
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In Life, I Wish I Knew Sooner…
Last week, we discussed things we wish we knew sooner, faith edition. This week is about what we wish we knew sooner, life edition! On my second day of graduate school, I had a professor stand in front of us. He did not say anything, just smiled at us, and his name was…
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I Wish I Knew Sooner in my Faith…
As we live and learn, sometimes we look back and wish we knew things sooner. If we had known certain things sooner, we may have done things differently. This week, we are sharing some things that we wish we knew sooner in our faith. God’s plan is always better than mine, even if it…
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My 5 Reminders
There would be instances that we’ll look back in hindsight and think, “I wish I knew that sooner.” Both in life and in faith. It is a part of life. In fact, I think sometimes I learn the same lesson multiple times. Or perhaps, I should say I am reminded of the lesson. I like…
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How Are We Supposed to Pray?
Do you ever struggle with prayer and knowing how to pray or what to say? Me too! I am by no means an expert on the topic of prayer. So instead of pretending like I am an expert on prayer or always know what to say, I am really just going to be repeating what…