Celebrate Your Light
Have you ever been to the Cango Caves … or other caves like them? And stood in the dark of one of the caves...
Author Archives: Mands
Powerful Beyond Measure
There is nothing so humbling …or humiliating for me, as when inanimate objects get the better of me. *Smile* So imagine this… a 175...
Aspirations… Goals… Resolutions!
There are so many reasons I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions or set goals on the 1st January… the stress… the pressure… and I...
Writing In My Journal
Some days, as I consider what to write in my journal… I imagine at some future date, our Saviour sitting across the table reading...
Happy Women’s Day
Last week when I was frustrated and struggling to stay calm… ok I didn’t, *Smile* I am spring cleaning, organising, writing, scrubbing, working, tossing...
Grateful for friends… and for strangers.
(At Least I Have Ducks – Part 2) My cell phone battery died, and will not be resuscitated… It has all my contacts and...
Dusty Patches
Despite the dusty patches in the garden, and the twirling dust created by the gentlest breeze… Despite the dust clouds made by the dogs...
Hope in This Moment
I wrote this for a friend in November 2011, inspired by her struggle with loneliness and challenges with despair and depression. An email from...
Braced for Criticism… Shocked by a Compliment
Hello Monday Hello Reflective Introspection… Hello Criticism or Compliment? Just recently I phoned to compliment a therapist for the wonderful treatment she had provided....
At Least I Have Ducks
Part One I was watching one of those funny candid camera videos on the internet with my family last week… and it reminded me...