Jesus, Coffee, and Naps

Joy is the serious business of heaven. -C. S. Lewis. Are you approaching the New Year with a limp in your spirit and sorrow shadowed joy? Me too. JOY is my word for the year. Silly me, I expected hoped this year to be JOYFUL. But sorrow shadowed joy. Most years, I share my chosen word with friends and discuss it throughout the year. But the unrelenting hardship of 2021 tried to overshadow my joy. Instead of a year of glee, confetti, and gold polka-dots. All items remind me of

Managing Grief During the Holidays is a conversation deserving attention. For many, Thanksgiving and Christmas are happy times but difficult for those who grieving a loss. Loss has many forms; the death of a loved one, the dissolved dream, empty arms, or an unexpected diagnosis. Our lives fall apart in different ways. Acknowledge holidays will be different. “One of the most important things to do when you are navigating a loss–and there are several kinds of losses, it’s not

In 2021, Harry Connick Jr. released a new album titled Alone with My Faith. I leaned in and listened intently as Connick shared the backstory of his album on Annie F. Down’s That Sounds Fun Podcast (Episode 288). This new album resulted from his need to process the pain of the pandemic and losing fourteen friends in a brief time span. By getting alone with his faith, Connick sought comfort by singing and arranging classic hymns he learned as a child. Spending time alone with