These shoes may represent some of my emotions, imagine wearing them all at once.
This is a weird season. It reminds me of surfers who try to balance waves, speed, wind and look posed. There is this constant mix of emotions such as grief, joy, victory, sadness, apathy, disengagement, anxiousness, elation, and excitement—all at once. A close friend asked me a little while ago, “who do you trust?” as news of the second wave of COVID-19 started taking over the headlines on every screen we laid sight on. (more…)
This is very cliché, we all trying to make sense of the last 365 days in the last hours of New Years Eve. But here I am looking at my old shoes and considering which are really old and which ones are to keep. I realize that in certain ways I do this with my habits. Also with my goals and even relationships. Earlier this year I tried to focus on the word “disengage” in an attempt to be more purposeful on what I needed to be and get rid of bad habits, sin, and even activities that were good but I no longer felt passionate about.
Fall is in full swing with trees leaves shedding fabulous shades of red, pink and orange. Yet my mind still wonders back to the beauty and majesty I saw this summer. My family, including my in-laws, flew to Calgary and jumped in a motor-home. For two weeks, we drove around Alberta and British Columbia. Some days, and there were many, you could have written a TV family sitcom that would have compared to “Everybody Loves Raymond” or “Married with Children” using our raw material. However, amidst the chaos that a family vacation may pose at times, I found myself speechless in the presence of Creation’s beauty. 
This summer I wore running shoes and Birkenstock’s sandals more than ANY other shoes. This may not be of concern for many people, but for a gal who loves shoes it was strange. I traveled to Newfoundland, in the northeast of Canada, for two weeks with my family — a place everyone wanted to go… except me.