We wandered through the garden section of our local home improvement store the other weekend - the prize for having to wander through the aisles of paint and hardware earlier in our trip. As we looked at the plants, Madi realized they all had tags on them with little pictures of the sun, and she asked what it meant. I shared with her that some plants are made to thrive in the shade, like the huge hostas we have under our deck, or the ferns my mom has hanging on her porch. Those plants come with tags that don't have much sun showing on them - they need a little light, a few hours a day, but not much more than that. Other plants like an even mix of sun and shade - not too much of one ... View the Post
The Myth of Making It
Have you ever set a goal for yourself and thought, "When that happens, all these other doors will open and it will be amazing!" Maybe it's because we watch other people achieve similar dreams and then watch what they get to do. As much as I love the internet, I'm learning how carefully I need to guard my heart when I scroll through updates. In "Holy Hustle" I had a pretty easy time busting the myth of the overnight success, because it's not too hard to figure out how much hard work, years of practice, and occasionally random popularity go into the end result we see from celebrities. But after "Holy Hustle" came out, I was surprised to find out that there was another myth I'd ... View the Post
The Power of Pruning
In April of last year I wrote a blog post about the hydrangea tree in our backyard. For years it had been in one spot but, as time went on, we realized it was in the way. It hadn't done anything wrong, and it still looked okay, but as we changed out how used our backyard we realized it simply wasn't in the right spot. It was still growing but, to be honest, it had stopped blooming so we decided to move it. I've had season like that. Times when I'd been planted somewhere or called to a specific place or job and I'd thrived - for awhile. But as needs changed it became apparent that my time in that spot was done. I was still serving or working, but not thriving. I had more to ... View the Post