A few years ago an acquaintance made an offhand comment that has become one of my favorite phrases. While I’ve often thought of myself as a storyteller, this sentence helps ground me to the Author of all. “Doesn’t God write the most amazing stories?” she said with a smile. At the time, I was in […]
Archives for August 2014
My 3-bag-challenge toward living with less (part 3)
This week I’m revisiting the process I went through to downsize our 1800-square-foot home to 12 suitcases (plus some storage items) as we prepared to move abroad two-and-a-half years ago. [This was the third post in this exploration of living with less.] I wasn’t expecting to write about this topic again (see part 1 and […]
My 3-bag challenge toward living with less (part 2)
This week I’m revisiting the process I went through to downsize our 1800-square-foot home to 12 suitcases (plus a some storage items) as we prepared to move abroad. [This is part 2 of me exploring the freedom of living with less. Read part 1 to catch up.] When I originally wrote Part 1 of my 3-bag […]
An ice bucket challenge video that actually teaches about ALS
We’ve all seen a ton of those #icebucketchallenge videos, right? You’ve undoubtedly been affected somehow already. Well, when I was challenged, I couldn’t quite figure out how to respond. On one hand, I completely support the idea of raising awareness and money to find this disease. I love how the greater community has come together […]
My 3-bag challenge toward living with less (part 1)
This week I’m revisiting the process I went through to downsize our 1800-square-foot home to 12 suitcases (plus a some storage items) as we prepared to move abroad. We had two showings that Sunday* to try and find a renter for our house. Since I am only a clean-what-people-see type of housekeeper, this means we […]