My Right Side Up Life

Where is God when life is interrupted?

Where is God when life is interrupted?

The whole world pushed pause, now where is God when life is interrupted? My mom is using this intermission to organize the cabinets, purge the closets and clean the house. Me? I’ve scrolled through social media, stared at the wall and read the same paragraph in...

Living life interrupted

Living life interrupted

“Do you want me to cancel our reservations?” She asked the question, though she already decided on the answer. Of course, I didn’t want to cancel anything; I wanted life to go on as normal. But this, this was anything but normal. Suddenly I was living a life...

Why planting makes me happy

Planting makes me happier than it should Long before succulents were a thing, my friends teased me that I should plant cacti or plastic flowers. Now, I am the master of my gardens; well at least my 14-inch container gardens. Flower beds overwhelm me with all their...

What to do with all this time

What to do with all this time

Remember six months ago, when to-do lists and stuffed calendars bossed us around? Surely we didn't complain, "There's not enough time during the day!" Then suddenly it was intermission, as if the pandemic pushed pause on our worn-out lives. "Are you tired? Worn out?...

19 pandemic survival tools

19 pandemic survival tools

Staying home, staying alive Every morning, my thoughts sprint into the day before my eyelids open. Uncertainty leads my mind wandering into every what-if corner. Just when I think I've thought of everything, another new worry explodes in my brain. No doubt your own...

Standing on the promises, there’s no need to fear

Standing on the promises, there’s no need to fear

There is no need to fear; instead, we should be standing on the promises. Actually, I was standing on a church pew, but we’ll get to that. A friend came over and we socially distanced outside on the patio. The wind gusted, then suddenly it got eerily still. As the...