The Routine of Relaxing

relaxation takes work

I probably shouldn’t be giving advice about how to relax because I’m fairly horrendous at it. Relaxing, for me, takes work. I can rarely make it through watching an entire movie at home without becoming antsy or getting up to do a chore. From the time I get up to the time I go to […]

Naptimes Are Important

Yep, it was naptime. The attitude had gone out the window, there was the rubbing of the eyes and not being able to handle the littlest instruction. “Sweet Baby, are you ready for a nap?” “NO!”  she said as she yawned. Oh toddlers!  They have no idea how important naptime really is.  Not sure when […]

When Relaxing Seems Elusive

I once heard that life overseas is a life of relentless stress. Then I moved and I knew it was true. Several months ago I told my husband I was a pressure cooker releasing only a bit of pressure at a time only to quickly fill up again. The last year especially has been stressful. […]

This Week’s Theme: Relax

“The secret of relaxation is in these three words: ‘Let it go”!” ― Dada J. P. Vaswani Doesn’t relaxing sound like the opposite of what we are supposed to be doing for the Kingdom? Sisters, let’s keep breathing slow this week as we continue with our Sabbath rhythms and talk about the theme of relaxing. Is […]

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