“What Are We Really Trying to Bury?” I am linking up with Five Minute Friday. For Five Minute Friday linkups, we get a word prompt and set a timer for five minutes. We write for five minutes unedited. You can read more about how to participate here. Our word prompt for this week is “bury.” Set a timer for five minutes and write with us . See if the word sparks a new thought sparks a new idea sparky sparkler (sometimes my brain feels like it has so many tabs open it will ignite into an…
Join me for Calm Coffee Moments. The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is COFFEE. Join me for some calm coffee moments: Imagine this: a woman sits at her kitchen table, her morning coffee warm in her hands, and for the first time in years, she feels steady, hopeful, and at peace. Instead of spiraling into self-doubt, she opens her journal with clarity about what she wants, the consistency to show up for herself, and the confidence to take the next small step forward. She no longer feels trapped by shame or judgment—her life carries a rhythm of serenity and…
I am joining up with Five Minute Friday During Five Minute Friday, we are given a word prompt and free write for 5 minutes. Learn more about the link-up and how it works here. This week’s word prompt is Capacity TIMER START My mind has been juggling so many things: family, homestead, business dreams, financial stress, and creative projects. I fear my brain will overheat like a computer. At times, I wish my brain had the capacity to be ‘turned off’ with a switch like a computer so I can rest. That feeling of having no capacity left is heavy. The…
Satisfied is defined as feeling content or pleased. But what if satisfaction isn’t the ultimate goal? What if, instead, we aim for fulfillment—finding purpose and meaning in our journey, even in moments of struggle? There’s a common belief that we must always strive to be happy and satisfied, as if life is a constant state of ease. But in reality, life is full of ups and downs, moments of exhaustion, stress, and even doubt. The pursuit of fulfillment means embracing all of these moments and seeing the value in them. When we dedicate ourselves to growth, to helping others, and…
I am joining up with Five Minute Friday During five minute Friday we are given a word prompt and free write for 5 minutes. Learn more about the link-up and how it works here. This weeks word prompt is SPECIFIC I had a brain freeze or rather my mind has so many tabs open I had brain overwhelm or writers block… I put the word “specific” in the search box on my blog to see where and how it pops up. I have used the word Specific 14 times in 399 posts. This will be my 400th post. “Set specific…
Choice: To Choose or Not I am linking up at Five Minute Friday During five minute Friday, we are given a word prompt and write for 5 minutes. Learn more about the link-up and how it works here. Today’s word prompt is choice. I like the freedom of having choices. Yet at the same time, I find making choices difficult. How does that make sense? I guess it must come from needing to feel some sense of control. I am told it is stronger in people who have experienced Adverse Childhood…
Together We Will Get Through It All! I am linking up at Five Minute Friday. During a five minute Friday, we are given a word prompt to write for 5 minutes. Learn more about the link-up and how it works here. This week’s Five Minute Friday Writing Prompt is: Through Through it all! So many people Smiling Through The Pain, saying, “I’m fine,” when they feel far from it. Feeling like a bird trying to swim through the thick muck. Going through the motions but gaining so little ground. Like in “The Little Engine that Could,” say “I think I…
Nothing on My Mind I am linking up at Five Minute Friday, We are given a word prompt and are free write for five minutes. This week’s word prompt is “nothing.”. “Nothing” can be quite a loaded concept, encompassing a range of meanings depending on context. It can signify absence, emptiness, or lack, but it can also hint at simplicity, clarity, or even contentment. Even if I say, “From this time to that time, I am planning on doing nothing,”. Chances are, you or I are still doing something. A common problem is that the mind never shuts off.…
I am linking up at Five Minute Friday. In the Five Minute Friday linkup, we set a timer for 5 minutes and free write about the word prompt, then share. Finally Friday I do not like to rush time. I mean, it seems to fly by so fast on its own as it is. However, Fridays seem to be my favorite day of the week. Fridays mean we are winding down from the rush rush rush busyness of the house, home from school work and appointments, trying to do things that need to be done at…
Sometime Someday Somewhere I am linking up with Five Minute Friday Five minute Friday is a linkup where we are given a writing prompt. We spend 5 minutes with the timer on and free write. This weeks word prompt is “Someday” “Someday , Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Someday, somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. It’s a place where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that’s where you’ll…
