Author: sabea3
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Walk like a Turtle
For the past year or so I’ve worked with small children (5 and under). One of their big struggles is walking inside the classroom. They always want to be the first to whichever area they want to play in, or the first to choose a seat at our lunch table, the first to line up…
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A Clean Slate
How often have you ever wished to simply erase everything and start all over again? Maybe that’s why we like our electronics as much as we do – we can simply reboot them. Delete their memory and start all over again. Life isn’t that way. Our choices from the past – even those made just…
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Filling a Bucket
A couple years ago I passed through the Indiana Dunes on a road trip. It’s a beautiful place – you get to walk over and through sand dunes and the trail leads to the shores of Lake Michigan. While sitting and watching the water, I also watched the people (one of my favorite pastimes). There…
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Moonlight Reflections
Have you ever just looked up at the sky and been in awe? You see the constellations and the moon in one of its many stages and it just takes your breath away? The other night I was standing outside with a friend and we were talking about the moon. We’d recently had the Harvest…
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Perspective
This summer I’m working at a pool and am surrounded by children and teens all day. The topics of conversation have been quite interesting, and every day has a different drama unfolding. The other day, there were some elementary girls going through some drama and one of them decided to consult an expert – a…
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False Starts
The other day, I was out jogging on a track and considering what to do with this site. I’ve tried multiple times to be disciplined about posting something on a regular basis and have failed every single time. In the world of track and field, you get disqualified for false starts. Sometimes that mentality eeks…
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The Better Part
Shortly after I finished university, I moved to the Sahara for a job and then ended up spending almost 10 years there. In my last couple of years I helped teach English classes at the university in Niamey. Class sizes were a little overwhelming as a first time teacher, with my first class having over…
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Hope Deferred or Fulfilled?
How many of us can look back at 2020 and 2021 and see some blessings that came out of the unexpected? Did you have extra time with family? Were you able to enjoy a slower pace of life – even if short lived? Or did you spend time worrying about things you didn’t have control…
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The Small Things
I love being outside, walking in nature, watching the wind as it moves the trees and they wave to one another. Watching waves crash over one another and reach as far as they can up the sandy beach then retreat back. Watching clouds floating overhead or the stars come out one by one – like…
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Perpetual Longing
We always seem to want to rush toward something – always looking forward to (fill in the blank). It’s Friday! So, we’re happy for the weekend, and then we can plan the next weekend. But, what about all those days in the middle? I don’t know about you, but only enjoying and looking forward to…
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A Sunrise Perspective
The other morning as I was out for my walk I was pondering the fact that several of my friends and acquaintances – and probably several of you out there in this wide world – have anxiety. I got to wondering about the causes behind and solutions for anxiety. This caused my mind to take…