rise up

rise up 

    and choose

        a different journey

rise up 
    and be
        grateful for what has been given 

rise up
    and see
        gift in what appears ugly

rise up

    and move

        to a place of healing

rise up 
    and learn
        how to move forward

rise up 
    and acknowledge 
        the One who won't betray

rise up 
    and know 
        you are cared for

rise up 
    and rest
        for you are not alone

rise up
    and live
        a whole life anew

slow down

"Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry.

But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing...Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. Turns out I was throwing it away." ~ Mark Buchanan

16. sound of rain

17. rolling thunder

18. laying in bed with my kids

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71. sharing experiences

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89. looking out the window with t

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106. time to read

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116. shoes lined up big and tiny

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118. husband doing dishes

119. t's tinker toy creations

practice. practice. practice. hammer. hammer. hammer.

slow. slow. slow.

one thousand gifts

"drive out the nails of habitual grumbling with the nails of habitual gratitude" ~ Ann Voskamp

1. peaceful morning
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8. silence in the house
9. sun streaming long onto the floor
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33. little toes
34. little smiles
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47. lungs that let my sweet girl cry
48. words that sweet boy speaks
49. refining
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101. chalky grips
102. feel of the high bar
103. swinging
104. full turns
...

practice practice practice...hammer hammer hammer