Scatter the flowers

While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary ~ Matt Bevin (former governor of Kentucky) Small Thing #2 - Food for the Soul                 🎃 In the l ast post I talked about how coffee or the communion over a cup of it has a therapeutic path to the heart.  In my mind it has a best friend, a Thelma to its Louise, a Dean Martin to its Frank Sinatra, a Bert to its Ernie (ok I'm done) - that's right: food .   🎃 No surprise.  An Irish proverb says "Laughter is the brightest in the place where food is good." In much the same way coffee has the power to hug someone, a small gesture of the gift of food conveys to someone they have been valued.   Matt 25:35  "For I was hungry, and you fed me."   Matt 25:40  "And the King will say, 'I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!'"  ...

  🎃   IF YOU CANNOT DO GREAT THINGS, DO SMALL THINGS IN A GREAT WAY.  ~  Napoleon Hill  🎃  Two things I realize here - 1) All of these small things done in love that I am posting about are things not original to me nor have they all been done by me but sometimes for me, and 2) they aren't meant to take a lot of time or cost a lot of money but do require some forethought to make it easy for you to do. SMALL THING #1 - the daily grind 🎃  I also realize I made my affinity for pumpkin spice latte and all things fall quite apparent (and you just met me),  but seriously, can one say enough about caffeine's comfort-inducing capacity?  🎃  It goes without saying that coffee is part of my DNA now. Did I mention I was a teacher for 21 years? Not sure if I said it or not but I taught 8th grade math for 21 years (this is when I usually get the head tilt and the "bless your heart"). Who doesn't remember their 8th grade year? That's the ...

FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, A TIME FOR EVERY ACTIVITY UNDER HEAVEN. A TIME TO BE BORN AND A TIME TO DIE, A TIME TO PLANT AND A TIME TO HARVEST. ~ECCLES 3:1-2 🍁 Autumn has come to the foothills of Denver, and the world's most beautiful hues -muted maize, burnt orange, deep brown, hazy eggplant-are peaking through the chilly morning & evening air.   Just looking at the changes in the colors and smells conjures up levels of coziness and comfort, waking up our senses with invigoration.   And yes, for me, even football 🏈 because I spent Sunday afternoons watching the Denver Broncos with my dad who is no longer here. 🌻 We all have triggers for the change of the seasons, and for me for over 21 years, back to school time seemed to methodically usher in a forced autumn- when  I went back to school my flowers stopped being watered, my windows were closed, it got darker earlier, and the freelance schedule of summer turned into the rigid crazy pace of the school ye...