If you want something, sitting around wishing for it, lamenting or complaining about how it’s not working out will keep you in that spot forever. Make up for your lack of experience or ability with hard work and determination. You don’t see the ants laid out complaining or homeless because the humans and dogs canContinue reading “Ant Beds Don’t Make Themselves”
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All Pretty Things Need Work
“If you’ve got a pretty house & a pretty yard, somebody’s done work in it,” my grandmother, Betty Creel White. And when you stop taking care of it, weeds start to grow and the shutters fall off. It’s not surprising that the same thing happens in our relationships when we quit working on them. Don’tContinue reading “All Pretty Things Need Work”
Highest & Best Use
A legacy to me isn’t money. It’s when the three areas of community, talents, and values intersect to create an environment where we’re maximizing our best potential. In real estate, it’s called highest and best use. “the reasonably probable and legal use of vacant land or improved property, which is physically possible, appropriately supported, financiallyContinue reading “Highest & Best Use”
Even Baby Birds Learn to Fly
It’s an odd moment the minute you accept the child you raised from a helpless baby is spreading their wings to fly away. But if all mama birds kept their babies in the nest, there’d be no more birds. The best way to love an adult child is to speak positivity into them, encourage themContinue reading “Even Baby Birds Learn to Fly”
Parenting Nuggets
Sometimes being a mama means giving your child the info, providing them with the perspective of the bigger picture that comes from your wisdom through experience, and letting them earn their OWN wisdom through experience. The life lessons I’ve learned the most from are the ones I experienced on my own with the guidance ofContinue reading “Parenting Nuggets”
Effort is Loving
Have you ever received something that had so much thought put into it, that the effort was more valuable than the thing? It’s why my grandmother kept this awkwardly shaped Alabama pottery I made as a 3rd grader for over 30 years and why looking at this orchid every day makes me so happy. It’sContinue reading “Effort is Loving”
Turning a Slip into a Faceplant
Ignoring guilt that leads to correction is turning a slip into a fall. We must realize our actions have a ripple effect because we don’t sin in a vacuum & a “whatever” attitude will cause us to fall short in our relationships. It’s healthy to imagine how our actions will impact others & react accordingly,Continue reading “Turning a Slip into a Faceplant”
My Favorite Plot Twist
My favorite plot twist. 18 years old, married to a guy I wasn’t in love with, carrying the boy I’d love forever, dreaming of the daughter I’d make his sister, and getting ready to take my real estate exam because lawschool no longer made sense. And it all worked out juuuuuuust fine. Proof that God’sContinue reading “My Favorite Plot Twist”
Is pretending to be stupid a good defense?
“I don’t know what happened!” “That’s crazy!” “I didn’t notice.” “You should probably talk to _____ about that.” “Huh, that’s weird!” “I have no idea!” All responses of people pretending and hiding behind their choices when they actually did play the lead role in a bad choice. So is pretending to be stupid a goodContinue reading “Is pretending to be stupid a good defense?”
What would you whisper in your own ear?
I’d tell this little girl she is beautiful, smart, sweet, sassy, and that God loves her bigger than the whole sky. I’d tell her she is going to be a leader, a big sister to 4 amazing humans, have 2 exceptional children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren. I’d tell her that her parents are her twoContinue reading “What would you whisper in your own ear?”
Deeper Than a Puddle 