Five Minute Friday – Where bloggers join together to write for five minutes about one topic. A phenomenal community created by Lisa-Jo Baker at LisoJoBaker.comToday’s prompt: Exhale The phone rings. My hands start to sake. My heart rate shoots up. I hold my breath. Will this be okay? Is this the call I’ve been dreading? Is this where… Read More
Five Minute Friday – Lost
I’ve been lost. Utterly and completely lost. Not because we didn’t know where we were. Not because we didn’t know how to get where we needed to be. Lost because it was dark, the clouds shut out the moon and the stars, and we were on the side of a mountain. We knew the way home, when we could see… Read More
Five Minute Friday (On Monday) – Release
Every Friday hundreds of bloggers write for five minutes without over-analyzing or over-editing. It’s a chance to write what is on our hearts and not worry so much about how we write. Lisa Jo Baker provides a prompt. One word. And we all give our thoughts. I love Five Minute Friday. I can spend hours reading other people’s blogs and… Read More
Five Minute Friday – Messenger
Messenger: one who brings a message. Messages can be life altering. They can bring hope and joy or devastation and sadness. Messages can be small and simple. They can bring a smile to a face or tears to eyes. Last night, as I read a message from a friend, I was reminded of how powerfully good human beings can be… Read More
Five Minute Friday – Hands
Their hands lay gently on top of each other. Beauty and grace, hard work and time, etched on each. It’s a picture of their hands but it reveals so much more. It reveals not only how close they are, but of how alike they are. They are mother and daughter but also friends. Both have nurtured, both have provided, both… Read More