Tuesday night I made a purse out of loose ends I found around the house. I cut the body out of the legs of black cotton jeans, discarded when I was 40 pounds heavier. The zipper I ripped out of a fanny pack on which “Gold Strike” was embroidered. I don’t know what that phrase …
Category Archives: Weight Loss
Surprised by Grace
On May 8, I wrote about three extra pounds I needed to lose before I came out to Colorado for the birth of our first grandson. I just knew I wouldn't be able to resist eating the cookies and chunks of nutty granola treats that had been a downfall on previous visits. But guess what? …
Wanting What We Don’t Want
In a March, 2001 quote, Christian philosopher Dallas Willard says, “One of the hardest points to get past in spiritual formation is that in order for me to be spiritually transformed, I have to want to not want what I now want.” I thought of this yesterday when I realized that a part of me …