Heidi’s Blog
31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes | Little
Show me a little hint of your plans for me, Lord, that I might have the courage to hoist the sails and venture out of this safe harbor, to lose sight of the shore... Grant me a little bit of peace, calm these churning waters of worry, give me relief from my weighty...
Five Minute Friday | Mail
When I saw the prompt for today's post, I was tempted to skip because all that came to mind was my favorite lines from the epic Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron) ... "... all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings ..." "How...
31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes | Aware
Aware. As a mother, I feel compelled to be aware of about a zillion things all at the same time. Even though I am married and my husband is a fantastic father and teammate, a complete and thorough knowledge of everything our children need still resides inside my...
31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes | Unknown
Unknown. The dictionary defines it as an adjective meaning not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar. We are in a season of the unknown. Of course all of life is a wild, spectacular journey into the unknown,...
31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes: Muddle
We're eight days into this free write challenge. Hurricane Matthew is dumping buckets of rain outside and we're hunkered down, passing the time until we can resume our normal activities. How appropriate that today's word is muddle. It's tempting to muddle through the...
31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes: Test
I'm not a fan of tests. The very word makes my gut clench. A test? What if I don't know the answers? What if I didn't study the right material? What if I fail? I'm pretty sure it all started when my third grade self encountered the SRA tests with those miles of...
