The Art of Leadership: Practice Makes Progress
Shortly before we married, my husband’s grandmother attempted to teach me how to tat. For those unfamiliar with this dying art form, tatting is a very tedious, time-consuming method of…
Author: Jennifer Flanders
Perfectionism Is a Trap
My father was a general contractor. He was also a perfectionist — not a perfectionist about everything, mind you, but certainly a perfectionist about his work. When Daddy did a…
8 Great Apps for Building Better Habits
Last January, I wrote about the different approach I was trying for my 2012 New Year’s resolutions. I purposed to work on one new habit at a time and allow…
Love in Action
Can you believe it? Another Christmas come and (very nearly) gone! Ours ended up being white this year — a surprising and delightful rarity here in Texas. When you take…
9 Benefits of Reading Fiction
For as long as I can remember, I have preferred reading non-fiction to fiction. When frequenting libraries and bookstores in bygone years, I’d push my way past anything with a…
They Won’t Know It Till You Show It
Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving, from my home to yours…. As you count your blessings today, take time to tell those living, breathing blessings in your life how much…