Oct 14, 2013 | The Afternoon Knows
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into...
Sep 25, 2013 | The Afternoon Knows
“He who would travel happily must travel light” (Antoine de Saint-Exupery). “Mom, seriously?” remarked Candace. “You really need all of this?” “Well, you never know,” I said. “It might be hot. It might be...
Sep 23, 2013 | Conversation, Strength for Hard Times, The Afternoon Knows, Vision
When we quit for the right reasons, we are changed. Something breaks inside of us when we finally say, ‘No more.’ The Holy Spirit births a new resolve within us. We rise above our fears and defensiveness. The hard soil of our heart becomes soft and ready...
Aug 30, 2013 | Community, Conversation, Faith, Practicing Love, Strength for Hard Times, The Afternoon Knows
“There is a time, it seems, in our walk through the wilderness, that we must risk walking in darkness and silence. It is at this time we must take our understanding and comprehension of things as they seem, fold it in our backpack and walk with only the hand of...
Mar 13, 2013 | Caregiving, Conversation, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Life Coaching, Love 365, Other, Parenting, Practicing Love, Prayer, Strength for Hard Times, The Afternoon Knows, Trust in God
Good defined (n), “profit or advantage; worth; benefit.” Defining good. It’s taken me quite awhile to finally process the past few months and actually write this. “Alot” has occurred since August, when my mom was first diagnosed with a...
Sep 3, 2012 | Empty Nest, Life Coaching, Love 365, Marriage and Family, Other, Parenting, The Afternoon Knows
From the Archives of September 2012 “I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.” -Charlie Chaplan...
