Good morning... Several of you have said, "Sue, don't blog this weekend. Just give yourself a break to fully experience your son's wedding." On most levels this advice makes complete sense. "Give yourself a break." Except on one very core level. The challenge is this - I live off of these God's given words. I am deeply nourished, [...]
Good morning... As I woke from my second sleep yesterday, I revisited our blog post, I Don't Know What I Feel. "I created the wordless prayer card above to say what I do not know how to feel," I wrote. "Taking time to really look at the image intimately, what wordless prayers rise up in you now?" I [...]
Good morning... I talked on the phone with my parents as they drove to yesterday's 1:00 pm doctor appointment. "How are you feeling, mom?" I asked. "I don't know what I feel," my mom quietly responded. After a long, grueling day of doctors and x-rays and waiting and discomfort and uncertainty and more waiting and concerning results and [...]
Good morning... This week of our oldest son's wedding, I blogged about my emotional thunderstorm. One reader's response was short and swift. ****** Good morning ☀️ Your emotional storm… It is real because… You planned Laid logistics Loved Prayed Dreamed Worked Made lists Posted post it notes Expected Cultivated Stayed awake Laughed Loved and planned more Had ideas [...]
Good morning... The wild thunderstorm outside matches how I feel on the inside. Drenched. I feel drenched with swirling emotions. The wordless prayer card above has been sitting beside me for the past few weeks, silently speaking my hidden worries and my deepest desires. The image reminds me of the bright, light-filled kitchen table in my parents' independent [...]
Good morning... In our minds, we have rehearsed the final details of our son's wedding weekend, again and again. One week from today, we will host a festive dinner the night before the big day. Food and drink. Connection and conversation. Toasts will bring to life the uniqueness of this awesome couple. We look forward to a fun-filled [...]
Good morning... God's voice whispers all over our everyday lives, yet each of us sometimes wonder, "How do I know when I am actually hearing from God?" One creative answer to this deeply important question comes to us in the spoken word of a powerful poet. "Great poem from Amena Brown!" wrote a friend from our Sunday afternoon [...]
Good morning... Yesterday I met up with a friend for a walk-and-talk early, before the high heat of the day set in like soup. She happened to be nannying for a baby, pushing the cute redhead in a stroller. Our usual weekly routine includes walking through the entrance to the horse farm on Polo Lane, but this day [...]
Good morning... Last week, our therapeutic community group began meeting again at PAWkids in the Grove Park neighborhood of our city. Men and women, young and old, black and white, how wonderful it felt to be back together again. Gathering after our summer break felt like coming home. Then yesterday, one group member was battling an ugly infection [...]
Good morning... As I prepared with God for my annual kickoff talk with the Lovett School Moms In Prayer group, I sensed one thing we all have in common: we all worry. We don't want to worry. We don't plan to worry. We don't have to be taught to worry. Our human minds just seem to automatically worry. [...]
