It’s OK to reinvent yourself and change

I sat with my English Breakfast tea, my quinoa energy bar (homemade!) and my laptop as I do most mornings. Don’t mess with my routine I tell you! After my sweaty workout and my time conversing with Jesus my  fingers were poised and ready to type away for the day. The project: My blog ABOUT ME page. Today you see a new look to the LIVE IT OUT! blog. This is me, refreshing my look on the world wide web. In the build up to this project I needed to rewrite my About page and I about had a identity … Continue Reading »»

It’s Hard to do the Hard Stuff

Last week God pressed pause yet again on my life as we enjoyed another “blizzard.” Yes, in the south we are not prepared nor equipped so we tuck away for an entire week to weather all of 7 inches of snow. Don’t laugh. It was glorious. In metaphorical terms, it was also a week of calm before the storm. I’m now out of my comfy cozy place of snuggling with a warm blanket and hot chocolate and deep into the HARD STUFF of editing my book. I call it hard stuff because honestly, I really didn’t want to come out … Continue Reading »»

The Grand Goal of Simply Beholding

We sat perched between the weather radar on the screen and the window sill. Peering through up to the sky, our eyes begged for snow. Our hearts leaped for joy at the littlest flurry, even though it was just that…a tiny flurry. The five year old in me right alongside of my very own 5 year old yearned for the joy of seeing snow, the joy of the anticipation, the joy of snuggling in and beholding the beauty. We waited. We did all kinds of snow rituals. Rituals just for the sake of having fun together more than for superstition. … Continue Reading »»