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31 Days of One Word Journeys | 2017

I’m super excited to start the 31 Days journey – again….

Day 1: this post, a statement only

Day 2: Change

Day 3: October

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A little crisp & foggy outside, but perfectly cozy

A little crisp & foggy outside, but perfectly cozy inside.🍂🍁

#september2020 #fall #thankful

So...not exactly a surprise!😊 Take your own qu

So...not exactly a surprise!😊

Take your own quiz at holleygerth.com/introvertquiz

You definitely should go check out more about The Powerful Purpose if Introverts by @holleygerth
#introvertpurpose #introvert #godmadeuseachunique

🍂Fall is coming! 🍂 This change of the season

🍂Fall is coming! 🍂
This change of the seasons is the first one I’ve felt alert for since moving here 🍁🍂 & it’s all so pretty (the 5 trees I’ve seen starting to change)! But I’m not in the least ready for it, it’s the 1st time in 18 years I haven’t needed school supplies of some sort - for either of the kids (homeschooling) or myself (college). Now, I just get to enjoy all the school supplies simply because I love them!😊

The first pic is just for enjoyment because I know the majority if you can’t possibly understand what the 2nd & 3rd photos mean to me. 😊

As an introvert who has been transitioning from work-from-home to working-at-the-office-everyday, on a team & working on a variety of projects, I often feel as if I’m majorly failing at simply being nice.

I’m too often in my head, processing all I’m trying to remember to do/get done & short of smiling in passing, there isn’t a ton of other interaction. BUT the 2nd photo is evidence of while not having more than a handful of non-work related conversations, I have a co-worker who knows me incredible well! On Tues, she brought me one Pantone color book & yesterday she brought me SEVEN more!😍
I never dreamed I’d get to touch one of these little color charts in real-life, let alone have a set of them living at my desk!!!

2020 will never be forgotten, for so many reasons. Big & small.
#seen&known #itsthelittlethings #littlethingsadduptobigthings #blessed #thankful

It’s no small secret I’m a hard-core introvert

It’s no small secret I’m a hard-core introvert & not by just a little bit. Social distancing has always been my norm. I can’t say I’ve seen this as a blessing in life 🥴.

Ironically, while 2020 has required so many social appreciators (extroverts) to stay at/work from home, life in 2020 has required me to learn how to work out of the home full-time. After working from home for the last 20 years, this has not been a small adjustment!

I have lived in WI for 8 months now, and I’m just starting to feel semi-human in daily life. I totally & completely underestimated the toll an unexpected 2nd large move, traveling over Christmas, wrapping up my senior year of college/degree, having my oldest graduate college, and working on a team of people out of the house full-time would have on me. #notenoughhourstorecovereachday

You will likely see me in this space more as I’m on the book launch team for The Powerful Purpose of Introverts, the latest book by @holleygerth. I’m really looking forward to learning how being an introvert can be a blessing & strength.

#introvertpurpose #createdinhisimage #lovedasiam #nothingtoprove #introvert

Lunch views.... on the days I remember to stop & g

Lunch views.... on the days I remember to stop & go outside to sit at the picnic table to eat the lunch packed by @christinej_keller, I don’t regret it!

The summer has cooled off enough to enjoy outside & the corn is getting tall. I live all the fields I’ve been able to watch grow as I drive past each morning. 😊

#gooutsideforlunch #takeabreak

Full disclosure: I didn’t remember to stop & go outside to eat, but in an attempt to not have everyone in the office resenting my eating at my desk I went outside #tuna

Much needed #eyecandy break! Totally took more tha

Much needed #eyecandy break! Totally took more than 100 pictures in the hour we were there and got some super cheap houseplants from the gift shop. I now get to have a tiny bit of Como at home. 😍 Happy Saturday all around.

Como Park is open for reservations. Felt like a “normal” outing, it had been months since we visited, but so worth the trip & it was pretty wonderful to have so few people in at a time.
#100+picturesinanhour #happysaturday #comoparkconservatory

Life here is good. I know this deeply & I’m dail

Life here is good. I know this deeply & I’m daily thankful to my Father for His guidance & provision to get me here. #allpartofHisplan

Each morning my soul fills a bit more at the sights I get to see on the way to & from work – to a job I truly love. This is very likely my favorite corner every morning. 😍

In my 30 min drive to work, I especially cherish my time of worshiping & singing loudly where NO ONE can hear me. A particular favorite has been “In the Garden”, I especially like the lyrics in the version Elvis sings.

First of all, the location: in the garden, alone, with dew on the roses {deep sigh} #eyecandyalltheway

To top it off...What do I get to hear? The voice of God. The song He is disclosing - to me, for this day.

Why does He meet me in the garden?
To walk with me.
To talk with me.
To tell me I am His own.
He is there to share joy with me.

His voice is so sweet, the birds hush their singing. He gives each of us a melody to ring in our heart.

#inthegarden #barns #reflections #simplytuesday #soulfilling

😍😍😍 - regardless of whether or not we sto

😍😍😍 - regardless of whether or not we stop to appreciate His creation, it is there fulfilling its purpose - praising Him. We are His creation as much as the hidden waterfall is - are we praising Him? Are you praising Him in everything? Am I praising Him in every circumstance?

Thought challenge: sometimes we have to look deeper into the shadows to see the beauty of His power.

Lately, life has felt a bit overrun with a lot of surface processing. As I’ve always said to anyone who knows me, I am a very s.l.o.w. processor, and 2020 has provided processing overload to the max. My control-alt-delete is to think of what I am thankful for, praise Him, and focus on these things. Sometimes this process kicks in right away without effort, sometimes I have to be purposeful and choose to. Lately, this has taken all of my focus & effort each day.
#praise #creation #2020hasbeentoomuch

One year ago....In these crazy days, this week, wh

One year ago....In these crazy days, this week, when things seem so off & unpredictable, it can be easy to get discouraged. 🌿Keeping on our eyes on Jesus might look like remembering & thanking Him for past gifts. In particular His gift to each of us: eternal life with Him. 🌿This morning I’m also reflecting on the gift of such amazing & unexpected memories from our Heavenly Father. So many unplanned events - one year ago today we were nearing the end of our whirlwind 4-day trip to Paris! The bells ringing are from the Monday morning before Notre Dame burned. If I didn’t have pictures I might think I imagined the whole trip. 🌿While we aren’t to dwell on the past, we can always marvel at our God & His love and unwavering faithfulness - in spite of what today holds. He is bigger.
#itssimplytuesday #paris #rememberingHisgoodgifts

Guess who went grocery shopping last night? 😊 C

Guess who went grocery shopping last night? 😊 Clarification: I go because I *need* new flowers. @christinej_keller goes because we need groceries...we’re a good team. #whoisthemomanyway 😊

However, since spring seems to be on its way (58° - YEA!), I told myself I wasn’t going to get flowers this time.
But then, I got to Trader Joe’s & the rest is obvious 😊.... but, I have wanted some ranunculus flowers literally for YEARS! (Justification or looking for blessings?) I’ve not caught them in stores at a price I was ever willing to pay. Honestly, I’d kind of given up ever having some, but God didn’t forget my desire. This was the ONLY batch & they were under $4 - how could I not get them?! But, of course they needed buddies.....so I once again have beautiful flowers. 😍

In these extremely odd times/days, I promise you, God does not care ANY less than He always has about your/my heart’s desire. He provides blessings in big & small ways, just the same as He always has.
Yesterday. Today. Forever. He is the same. Hebrews 13:8
#littleblessingsmakeabigdeal #Godcaresaboutthelittlethings #hebrews13v8 #heisthesame #itssimplytuesday #march2020 #flowers #eyecandy #traderjoes

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