faith – sharing the stairs

What If…They Tell Your Story

3 Jul 20204 Jul 2020

The Hamilton film came out this weekend.🌟 If you're a super-fan like I am, you've been waiting for this. If you're wondering why this is such a big deal, have…

What It…We Listen

3 Jun 20207 Jun 2020

When I wrote my 📚book (LIFEGUARD- available on Amazon), I dedicated a few sections to 💖kindness. In one chapter, I told a story about an encounter with a woman during…

What if…We Remember to be Grateful?

23 May 202023 May 2020

It's effortless to complain, isn't it? 😞Sometimes, that grumbling reaction is the first one to the surface. As the saying goes- been there, done that. Some days seem to have…

What If…Love Never Fails

2 May 20203 May 2020

A friend recently asked for my favorite Bible verse. She was putting together a 🎁gift for her daughter's confirmation. A Pinterest project at its finest. The idea was to highlight…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 5

This is the fifth diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

What If…We Spend This Time Thinking

17 Apr 202025 Apr 2020

What if we keep doing our 🌟best? I posed that question last Sunday. What does that mean to you? What is our 🌟best? Your 🌟best? My 🌟best? I felt that…

What If…We Just Keep Doing Our Best

17 Apr 202019 Apr 2020

I don't really have some big picture post this week with connections to life and 💪health and 😍happiness. Honestly, I'm doing the same thing you're doing- just getting through this…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 4

14 Apr 202021 Apr 2020

This is the fourth diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 3

This is the third diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…

What If…We Focused on the Same Goal

9 Apr 202012 Apr 2020

It was March 13, 2020, when I wrote about my grandmother's experience with the 😷Spanish Flu way back in 1918. I was 📝working on another piece for my weekly Sunday…

What If…Peace is Still Here

25 Mar 20205 Apr 2020

"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you." ~Deepak Chopra The days are starting to run together.😬 I have to pause and think about what day…

What If…One Thing Opened the Door

8 Feb 20209 Feb 2020

Angelina plays in a premier 🏐volleyball team, and she's the only kid from her high school on the team. Except for a couple girls, all of the girls are students…

What If…Everyone Cheered for Something?

1 Feb 20202 Feb 2020

It's been a whole lot of fun to jump onto my social media accounts over the past couple of weeks. Missourians are 🎉loud and proud for the Chiefs. The fans…

What If…We Made Lemonade

24 Jan 202026 Jan 2020

A friend of mine was handed some 🍋lemons this week. The kind of 🍋lemons that make it pretty challenging to make lemonade. The kind of 🍋lemons that make you want…

What If…I Stopped Obsessing About Change

2 Jan 20205 Jan 2020

It's 2020!🎉I've had a few days to adjust to the new year/decade. Do you remember the days of writing checks and feeling the need to concentrate on writing the accurate…

New Year, New Decade, New YOU

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! Can you believe that it's 2020? As a kid, I couldn't imagine the year 2020. I was born in 1963. Just the 2000s seemed…

Self-Care Sunday: Give Back

23 Nov 201924 Nov 2019

I'm a firm believer in the whole notion that you get what you give in life. A favorite line from an old Beatles song goes like this: "the love you…

Self-Care Sunday: Read a Book

16 Nov 20191 Dec 2019

I recently finished reading an autobiography by Trevor Noah called Born a Crime. I love 😍to read stories about real lives, especially when they are authentic. I can't stand the stories…

Self-Care Sunday: Let It Be

1 Nov 20193 Nov 2019

I've always loved music 🎸by The Beatles, but I haven't listened to much of it lately. Sir Paul McCartney was a guest on 📺The Late Show recently. His discussion with…

I Am Enough, I Have Enough.

30 Oct 20191 Nov 2019

My lunch hour isn't really an hour. It is supposed to be 24 minutes. Supposed to be. I'm a middle school teacher so that 24 minutes includes a lot more…