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To the Couple at the House with the Ten Bathrooms

Ten bathrooms. Really? Oh, I know. You need one as your pool and movie theatre bathroom. You need a downstairs guest room and workout room bathroom. You need a bathroom for your upstairs study. And an en suite bathroom for each of your upstairs bedrooms (They have a sitting area in each bedroom too. Luxurious).Continue reading “To the Couple at the House with the Ten Bathrooms”

To the Lady at the House with the Golden Retriever

I see your pain. I see the tears you try to hide. I see how you talk short to your husband. How you sit, embroider, on Instagram, make coffee, maybe do the laundry (if you have to) while your gorgeous home studio sits there too…unused. (I’ll be honest, I’m a little jealous of your homeContinue reading “To the Lady at the House with the Golden Retriever”

To the Lady at the Grey House

I really loved your den. With the shelves of books and nick nacks, the comforting, musty smell of old, well-loved books, the sunshine coming in during the early afternoon as I cleaned. Your house was weird though and for a long time I thought very unfriendly. It was cold, unfeeling, haughty…very grey. I felt youContinue reading “To the Lady at the Grey House”

Purposefulness

Purpose. Purposeful. Intentional. Specific. The last few days I feel like God has been highlighting Purpose. Yesterday someone asked me to describe God in one word and I said, ‘Purposeful’. Because He is. He created the earth on purpose. He created me on purpose. He came to earth on purpose. Died…on purpose. Rose from theContinue reading “Purposefulness”

The Hard Work

“In many ways daydreaming is one of the core prerequisites for writing. The trick of course, is to get past the daydreaming phase and actually do something with all that idle musing. Ideas by themselves are merely a raw material, and it is not enough just to have ideas. You have to work to turnContinue reading “The Hard Work”

Artisan Soul

Not sure exactly what I’m going to be writing about, but I am just writing. My old boss called me today. Wants me to come back to work. I am still processing this. Simply because it’s been so nice having this time where I can process and think and dream and work on projects andContinue reading “Artisan Soul”