The instinct to vehemently protect and defend your children doesn’t fade when they become adults, but it does evolve. As much as I would like to, I am not powerful enough to shield my kids from every evil this world has to offer. I can’t keep people from being spiteful wenches any more than IContinue reading “Parenting Evolves into Mentoring”
Author Archives: Shandi White
Weed the Garden
People won’t stop throwing nonsense at us and doing stupid stuff. When we act all emotional in return, we forget how to get things done because we’re focusing on the wrong thing. I can’t tell you how much energy I’ve wasted in the weeds only to find out weeds are ugly, have no value, andContinue reading “Weed the Garden”
What’s Your Morning Routine?
“Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.” Hellen Keller What’s the first thing you did this morning? Check Facebook, check your bank account, your email, read the paper, turnContinue reading “What’s Your Morning Routine?”
Is Your Tart Showing?
What are you doing today? Is it productive? Is it kind? Will it bring a smile to someone’s face? God created us all to do good things, but he left it up to us to take action. He’s not going to force niceties and diabetes sweet deeds out of us, he’s just given us theContinue reading “Is Your Tart Showing?”
We Don’t Have to Cry Alone
“I’ve heard that no matter what you’re going through, someone has it worse. I don’t like that statement. I’ve never liked it. It’s emotionally dismissive, and it teaches us our personal struggles are insignificant. So we hide, and we refuse to cry out, and we try not to burden others with our pain. Someone mightContinue reading “We Don’t Have to Cry Alone”
If You Can’t Make it Better…
“Lord, if I can’t make it better, please help me to not make it worse.” is my favorite little prayer my grandmother, Betty White “BJ”, taught me and I quote it often because it’s so often relevant. She was a lot of things, but most importantly she was a helper. “What can I do toContinue reading “If You Can’t Make it Better…”
Your Soul Knows
I sometimes have an unexplained sense about things. I think we all do. Feelings we can’t define, patterns we pick up on, dots connected in ways that otherwise don’t make sense, people we didn’t trust with no reason not to, and people we trusted with no reason to at all… But, sometimes I ignore it.Continue reading “Your Soul Knows”
Empty Nesting is a New Opportunity
My “on this day” memories from Facebook make me want to pray for all us parents who don’t have our free time filled up any more with being someone’s biggest fan in the stands. It’s a super weird life transition going from trying to fit everything in and asking for help to being the oneContinue reading “Empty Nesting is a New Opportunity”
Little Moments that Count
No, my life is not margaritas on a beach, that’s a very very small portion of it. It really is the day in day out, who your people are, the space you make your home, the conversations you have with strangers, the 30 minutes you spend connecting with your friend…if you’re fortunate, the affection youContinue reading “Little Moments that Count”
Dating in Your 40’s
Dating can be an education if you let it. The expense of it is the hope you tie to that person… You’re not sad because it didn’t work out with that specific person, you’re sad because you hoped you were done dating. But just like learning to make homemade gravy that doesn’t taste like flour,Continue reading “Dating in Your 40’s”
Deeper Than a Puddle 