Devotion – Are you in over your head?
I grew up thinking that adults had all the answers. My parents knew the answer to all my questions. When I was in school, the teachers had all the answers.…
You are the salt of the earth
My Monday musings had me thinking about some things in the kitchen and a simple grain of salt. You are the salt of the earth it says in the Bible. Have you ever looked at…
Quick Tips For Surviving Empty Nest Syndrome
Surviving the empty nest syndrome. Ask most mom’s and they have struggled with some tiny or large amount of empty nest issues once the kids fly the coop. It’s all a part of the circle…
Are you living life by design or in default?
A love letter the empty nest mom looking for purpose Dear Mom, The remaining frames of your days and your life… All the chapters including career, family, relationships, health, spiritual growth… The pages are still…
8 Insights About Clothing, Feelings and the Connection
Do the clothes really make the person? You may rarely think about it, but what you’re wearing today might have been a direct expression of how you felt when you selected the outfit this morning.…
My Top 5 FREE Ideas to Reduce Anxiety for Moms
There seems to be turmoil all around us. Turn on the local news and it’s nothing but bad. Turn on the National news and it’s bad. World news isn’t a bed of roses either. Compound…
Top 10 Tips For Empty Nest Moms
Here’s the top 10 tips for empty nest moms to not only survive the empty nest years, but surTHRIVE in them! Top 10 Tips for Empty Nest Moms 1. Prepare – Plan ahead of time,…
31 Things I’ve Learned About The Empty Nest
Feeling a little whimsical and nostalgic when writing in my journal recently, I decided to ponder some of the lessons the past years have taught me regarding the a topic I know fairly well –…
Hunger and Thirst: You Will Be Satisfied – The Beatitudes
This morning’s devotion and soul search found me reading my Bible, the book of Matthew chapter 5 where the scriptures known as “The Beatitudes” are found. The Beatitudes are the BE-Attitudes I remember having a…
Having Faith Makes My Tough Situations Manageable
Today’s daily devotion has me doing a soul search about Faith. Life brings some tough situations sometimes which really test my grit, gumption, fortitude and willpower. However, I am better able to cope with those…
Don’t Stop, Don’t Give Up
Today is a Monday Motivational kind of day here at The Refeathered Nest. I spent the morning in meditation and reflection about goals that I have had for a while. Goals that I may have…
When Subtracting Means Adding
I used the break in the rain this morning to visit the garden and do a much needed task. Thin the lettuce seedlings. It’s the part of gardening I don’t like to do, because it…
Self Love – What is it and Why is it important?
Or, is it OK to love myself? What’s healthy self-love? I bet you had an immediate answer to the question, as did I. My answer is OF COURSE it is! BUT, when I started doing…
The 2 Ways to Live Your Life. Choice or Chance
Even at the dreaded (or LOVED) middle age years, this questions still looms in my mind. Am I relying on luck and random acts to determine life. Or am I making very conscious decisions and…
Dream Big – Johnny Wimbrey – Live Your Dreams
[video_player type=”youtube” width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g/dj1YalN6cHdIWlFWQQ==[/video_player] Bible Verses About Motivation 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your…
Speak Life, Devotion 3
I am reminded today of a scripture found in the book of Matthew 15:11. “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles…
Thy Word is Lamp Unto My Feet, Devotion 2
I was reading yesterday about the journey of the children of Israel and their promise of a new land. The land flowing with milk and honey. I learned that it was a land of promise. I…
Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life, Devotion 1
Today is the first Monday of my new “retired status”. It’s time to do some serious refeathering of The Refeathered Nest. I unshackled the golden handcuffs of security (resigned from corporate America). It wasn’t an…
Ditching the Golden Handcuffs – Quit Your Job, Follow Your Passions
I took the leap from the edge of the cliff. I had been monitoring the under currents, the wind direction, and the weather. I finally decided to jump. I decided to resign from my stable,…
Patrick the Persevering Great Dane Puppy
Patrick, the Great Dane puppy, was a bundle of energy. It puzzled him to no end that he couldn’t jump across the stream. Then, one day, he made an amazing discovery about gratitude and perseverance…