News — Columbus GA
Moving Mountains
I'm antsy. I'm doing everything right, but the mountains aren't moving. If they are, it's so slow it's hard to see. What makes mountains move? Earthquakes and water: instant and catastrophic or slow and majestic. Take your pick. Once I have an idea or make a change, I long for it to happen fast. Our culture is conditioned to believe we deserve quick results. The lies we tell ourselves can cost us our dreams. The mountain view teaches me how devastating a fast yes can be. "Earthquakes" happen. We can all pinpoint the moment when chaos struck in an instant. Life shook, and everything...
"then Judas" Moment
"Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him." Matthew 26:14-16 THEN....Judas went...He wasn't tricked into betraying Jesus; he sought it out. WHY? What happened right before that prompted this "then Judas" moment? According to Matthew and Mark's accounts, we find the woman with an alabaster jar anointing Jesus with her expensive perfume. Likely, her dowry was poured out on...
How to Shut Up Your Inner Critic so Your Daughter Will Know How
"I'm not good at that." It started with small, little snippets of self-doubt. I should have noticed. I should have stopped it sooner. I'm her mother, after all….unfortunately, I'm also really gifted in the art of negative self-talk. Maybe I missed it because what should have been a red flag has been given a space on my shelf, a narrative I frequently read and accept as normal. It took flares of anger, where self-hate spewed out of my sweet girl like a volcano I assumed was dormant. I was shocked. I argued back--NOTHING you are saying about yourself is...
What I Learned from Painting my Fifteen-Year-Old Son’s Nursery
How do you freeze time without stifling growth? Isn't that every parent's question? How do you cling to every unique piece of their childhood yet avoid stunting the very thing you have invested your whole heart into nurturing? For me, it was just a room….and also, it was a fork in the road, and I knew what was at stake with my choice. I had some ideas, but they finally came together one afternoon while hanging out with my insanely talented photographer friend, Neely. We shared hopes and fears about how we felt our life, family, and businesses shifting. Her...
That Time I Almost Hated the World's Biggest Canvas...
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it. It was the largest canvas commission of my career. So big that you can't purchase pre-stretched canvases that size. I would have to build it. Totally not intimidating at all... I had learned how to do that in a scene painting class once, in theory, at least. Fifteen years ago.... what could possibly go wrong? Bless my heart. I researched and talked to people. I worried and planned. Once we finally built the giant, painting it would be my sweet spot—or so I thought. Generally, by the time...