I love using visual imagery in my thoughts. It has been part of the way I naturally think for as long as I can remember. I used to not realize that many people don’t even think this way. My husband, for example, finds it an effort. He can glean some benefit [...]
Date: Thursday, February, 24, 2000
Place: Written at the apartment I shared with my mom and brother at Annie Lane
Background (the me I was then):
It had been 2 and a half years since Jacob and I had broken up (and that breakup had been painful). The breakup had occurred just as I was starting my [...]
Having written on the topic of writing for pleasure and healing recently (and commenting here), I decided to post one of my favorites of all the things I have ever written. I like this piece because it combines precious memory and healing all in one. My life made more sense to me after I [...]
Back in 1997, when I came home from college for the first winter break since when Jacob and I had broken up before the semester started, I knew home was going to be filled with painful memories. This would be the first Christmas without him since I was 16 years old, and I was now [...]
Right now I can say that life is good, that though I get overwhelmed every time PMS rolls around, I recover soon after, and have many, many blessings in my life that fill every single day. Even when a day is frusterating, it is not terrible.
But there have been seasons of my life when it [...]
I’m finally starting to put it out of my mind. Something I had not thought much about ever in my life except to consider how hard I thought it would be…until this past year, and especially recently. It’s those Above Rubies magazines I regularly receive that get me thinking about and WANTING to adopt a [...]
I’ve intended to share the following post for a while, but was busy researching and posting on sleep matters. Truth is, I could hardly wait to put this up. Dawn has graciously said “you are ever so welcome to anything that I ever say that a)makes sense or b)ministers to anything larger than [...]
In my quest to turn my life-long night owl self into a morning person, I’ve felt like a detective trying to track clues to solve a mystery. At last, I am getting to find out what it is like to enjoy getting up early when I thought it would always be drudgery. (To read about [...]
I am Shannon, a 31 year old Christian, mother of one and wife to my best friend and highschool sweetheart. This blog is a place to share with others my ongoing homekeeping education, interests, favorite ideas, and inspirations.
