Writing bold for Lisa Jo. Five minutes flat. Unedited. GO! I loved my hummingbird feeder. The glass one painted with yellow sunflowers. It shattered in the sink. I bled. I bought a new one with perches. Where the birds can rest from their frantic flutter as they feed. I think they like it better. To […]
Five Minutes with Older: I’m Not Ready to See Jesus
It’s Friday. And it’s Lisa Jo’s birthday. So today our prompt is older. Five minutes to let it spill. This should be easy . . . GO! I’m getting older. With way fewer years on this earth ahead than behind. I have a lot more I want to do and see. But the sands of […]
Fuel for the Weekend: Five Minutes with Beauty
It’s Friday again. And again I’m linking up with Lisa Jo as we explore beauty in five minutes of pure, unedited spill. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. ~Psalm 139:14 (NIV) GO! They buried Grandma King in her wedding dress. My […]
Fuel for the Weekend: Whole in Five Minutes
Lisa Jo is back with a new Five Minute Friday word prompt. Whole. For five minutes of unedited bleeding. GO! Pieces. It takes pieces to make a whole. Atoms and molecules and cells organize into organs and organ systems. Body parts make a whole body. God’s made us that way. To function as a part […]
Five Minutes with Still
Lisa Jo is taking her five minutes over at incourage today. Her challenge: Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited love of the written word on the prompt, “Still.” GO! I stop. Still. And wonder. Why does the breeze ripple the lake everywhere but in its center? Why is the center so still? So calm? So […]
I’m Done, I’m Full
We are on the road again. Back “up north” to pick up my son’s car while he works. It took ten days and more than half that in dollars to fix the damage. He ran into the back of someone in bumper-to-bumper traffic on his honeymoon. So we decided to grab a little alone time. […]
Five Minutes with Grateful
Joining Lisa Jo today for her five-minute word prompt on GRATEFUL. Pouring words for five minutes with no editing. GO! I’m grateful for water that ripples and waves that crash. For sand that sings beneath my feet. For “I do” and “I love you” and a tender smile. I’m grateful for family and friends and […]
Five Minutes with Wonder
Joining Lisa Jo today for her five-minute word prompt on wonder. GO! Sometimes I hurtle through my day with asteroid momentum, numb to the awe-tinged. Sometimes I just dog paddle through my week while glory swims around me. I rush through life at a frantic pace with eyes that do not see. I don’t stop […]
Five-Minute Friday: Deep Breath
Five Minute Fridays with Lisa Jo, the Gypsy Mama. I’m going to try this. At least most Fridays. At least for awhile. In addition to Friday’s meditation. Because it’s good practice. There are rules. Which are: Throw caution to the wind, and write your heart out for five minutes. Only. And this week’s prompt is DEEP […]
Through and Through Life: Motherhood Should Come With
I love that I can back date my posts. Because this is Thursday’s post. Written and posted on Friday. Because I’ve scrambled this week to keep up. But it’s all good because I recently discovered Five Minute Fridays with Lisa Jo, the Gypsy Mama. And it gives me a chance to try. The rules: Throw […]
