Most doctors will check how much you weigh. It is part of the routine. Like taking your blood pressure or your pulse or your temperature, checking your weight is a component to evaluating your health. Even my dentist checks my blood pressure before cleaning my teeth. I have never seen anybody refuse to have their […]
Everyone knows the ingredients to a fairy tale life. The perfect marriage. Beautiful children. Encouraging friends. Financial security. One couple didn’t stop with the basics. They decided to include the castle. A Place to Call Their Own After a tour of ancient Europe in 1968, Rex and Caroline Martin developed a new plan when they arrived home. […]
At some point you have been told you can do whatever you set your mind to. Maybe it was a high school guidance counselor. Maybe your parents. Maybe a youth pastor. Maybe a coach. Or maybe by a motivational speaker that you only agreed to listen to because a friend goaded you into it or […]
This is part 2 in a series titled “On Becoming.” To read part 1, Becoming Summer, click here. Becoming requires change. During spring, a shift occurs from the dead of winter to the fullness of green of summer. Brown is transformed into life. Naked trees clothes themselves with fashions that surpass anything Paris has to […]
Is there something you want to do or someone you want to become, but never seem to manage it? Lose weight? Organize your desk? Your home? Your life? Exercise? It is common for me to hear people say something like, “I want to lose weight. But I just can’t. No matter how hard I try, […]
