Shine On

Earlier this year, I chose a word for 2012. I wanted to join in what seemed to be a trend for the start of the year–not necessarily because it was a trend (I’m… Read More →

Saying Grace

“You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the play and the opera, And grace before the concert and pantomime, And grace before I open a book, And grace… Read More →

Change

On September 9, 2011, I started a 30-Day Blog Challenge. To see all 30 prompts for this challenge (and Day 1′s response), click here. And then return to Life is Grace until October… Read More →

Obligated?

Do you feel obligated to finish all books you start reading? A friend of mine asked me this question the other day and it started me thinking. So I thought I would blog… Read More →

Year One

One year of blogging, under my belt!   I started out so hesitantly, not even sure I’d be able to stick with it–but wanting to–as is obvious here in my first post. And let’s face… Read More →

10,500

Yesterday, my blog hit the 10,500 mark. It’s hard to believe that in less than a year I’ve had that many hits. Some of those visits have been pretty random: People searching everything… Read More →

Stoked

I’ve been with my family in Florida for the week. We’ve all gathered here to be with my parents as we await some news from the doctors about what’s been going on with… Read More →

Marching Onward

After blogging now for a total of about 7 months, and now that I’m 2 full months into the Daily Post 2011 Challenge, I’ve decided to change things up a bit. I want… Read More →

Blogging

I’ve gone back and forth on this for several years now… I started a blog when I took my first hiatus from teaching in 2004, I tried to start one in graduate school… Read More →