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Summer Changes
This week I had my final school day of the 2025-2026 school year. Students and teachers alike dream about this day. . . and this year it was pushed farther and farther away with each snow day. But finally it arrived, and everyone rejoiced. But what happens the next day? Suddenly my life changes. I’m…
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A Confused Rooster
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV Every week when I’m giving a lesson at the home of a piano student, I hear a rooster. Yup, a rooster. At 5:00 PM. At first I thought I was confused and hearing something else, until it happened…
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Cozy January: A Time of REST
I have one goal for January: to be cozy at home. For me that means hot cocoa every night, lit candles, blankets and fuzzy socks, and extra sleep (not enough, but I try). Because I’ve learned that January can be a bummer month for me. The holidays are over, and I’m tired. It’s cold, it’s…
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Self-Care in This Season
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV Self-care has meant different things to me in different seasons. Before I went back to school, self-care meant doing things outside of the house. Once I started classes I didn’t have as much time to give to my self-care,…
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A Thoughtful “No”
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV There’s a time to say “yes”, and a time to say “no”. I’m prone to say “yes” rather than “no”, but I’m proud of “no” decisions I’ve made recently. Let me share them with you: I recently woke up…
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A Surrendered “Yes”
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV In 2015, producer and screen writer Shonda Rhimes wrote a book called The Year of Yes in which she describes her season of intentionally saying “yes” to opportunities. Although the mere thought of saying “yes” for a year is…