Wisconsin

Pattison State Park

October retreat, with my love, 1.5 mile hike to campsite. waterfalls rushing, crisp fall air, Northern Wisconsin pace, flannel shirts, hot fire, fall colors, instant coffee, deck of cards, a forever favorite, returning soon!

Better Together

I will not give up on us. I will not give up on us because we are better together. This is my vow to you! I will give you this, my love, and I will not bargain or barter any longer. I will love you, as sure as He has loved me. I will discover what I can discover and though you remain a mystery, save God’s own knowledge, what I disclose of you I will keep in the warmest…

Deeply Loved

My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it. To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means. As Thomas Merton put it, "A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God". ― Brennan Manning,…