A Practical Walk

November Gratitude #14

Good sleep, I’m thankful for good sleep. I really can’t complain, the majority of my life, sleep has come fairly easy to me, but the last 3 or so years, I started having more trouble. I’d wake up in the night and be awake just thinking about things. Or sometimes it’d take me a while…
November Gratitude #13

I’m grateful for nature! God’s creativity and power continually amaze me! Having lived in 5 countries, on 3 different continents, I can say that every single place I’ve been to has it’s own personal beauty. I remember moving to West Texas (that is REAL West Texas, West of the Pecos!) for a summer after we…
October Book Stack

I seriously should reconsider changing the title of my monthly book “stack” to simply monthly “book”, singular. On top of that, I think I actually finished this one a day or two into November. I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible By Michael S. Heiser Indeed, I wasn’t bored by this book.…
November Gratitude #12

I’m thankful for my parents. Not only am I grateful for my upbringing, but also my current relationship with them. I may be a grown up now, but they’re still my parents and still involved in my, and my kids’ lives. A perfect example is that they took the time to drive all the way…
November Gratitude #11

I’m thankful for work. One year ago we moved back to the States. A few months later we resigned from the organization we had been working with for 10 years. What was next? My husband started a professional handy-man business. God provided clients, including a client who manages properties and therefore has lots of work…
November Gratitude #10

I’m thankful for our homeschool group. Just this last week, we went to a potluck at the park with the homeschoolers. I remember last year, not attending this same park potluck as we were so new and didn’t know anyone well. But this year not only did we go, but we had so much fun!…
November Gratitude #9

I’m thankful for writing. I enjoy writing on the blog, and I enjoy writing in my journal. I’ve found the night-time writing to help me close out my day. I tend to want to jump straight to my phone. While my phone might help to muffle the thoughts in my mind, writing the next day’s…
November Gratituded #8

This morning I woke up to the news that a certain lady passed away. As I reflected on how she impacted my life, I think the best way to summarize it is that her (and her husband) always left me so thirsty for God. Conversations almost always ended up being about spiritual things. They seemed…
November Gratitude #7

Today I’m grateful for a special gift that I received quite unexpectedly. In West Africa we had some deep friendships and we connected well from our similar lifestyles (as mentioned in my last post). Because of that, when we moved back to the US, I didn’t really have high expectations of having deep friendships with…
November Gratitude #6

Well, hello there! I said I would be posting one thing a day I’m grateful for, and here we are on what should be day 11…but I’m back at #6! We had multiple things going on this weekend, and since blogging isn’t a top priority, it got pushed to the back burner. Friday I shared…