Julie Arduini

This is part of Patty Wysong‘s meme where bloggers each week share a post regarding the letter of the alphabet. This week is…D. I love being snarky and witty, and I use that feature more than I should. But many times I’m doing it to hide what is a natural part of me as well that most people, myself included, don’t know what to do with—I’m deep. Not let’s discuss Shakespeare deep, but here’s an example— Years and years ago I was at a friend’s house. I looked at her family picture and zeroed in on something I observed, and  [ Read More ]

A week of questions— Taking a little blog break of sorts, but don’t want to completely give up. So, let’s ask questions and see what your answers are. Each day I’ll have a question. Some serious, some not. Here it goes. What Intimidates You?       photobucket image

It’s a new year, time to work on those goals, themes, and for some, resolutions. But for too many, it’s a time to not just look back, but stare and wish for the clock to turn back and stay there. If you’re here today, it isn’t by accident. Every Sunday I share a thought or two about God’s love for you against the backdrop of my amateur nature picture. I remember after two years of loss, change, sickness, warfare, and chaos I longed for the year 2000. I wanted to go back and cling to that era where I remembered  [ Read More ]

This is a post I’ve tackled before but I’ve switched my blog server around enough that it’s something I thought I’d revisit. Earlier this month I confessed that I used to hate January 2nd. One year I had a $12,000 car accident while 10 weeks into a high risk pregnancy. Four years later, I learned on January 2 day I miscarried. Last year I wrote about how it took me a long time to not judge those who ended their pregnancies by choice. I realize that’s something that affects ever one in four women, and on the other side of  [ Read More ]