ADVENTURES IN DRESSING ROOMS It’s June. We leave for a family beach vacation in one week. I ventured into my closet to try on the swimsuits that have hung there for a decade-plus. Old, dry, elastic shrieked as it stretched out, died, and refused to snap back. It’s definitely time to go (cue the screams)Continue reading “Beautifully HIS”
Author Archives: Nicki Dechert Carlson
MIND-BLOWINGLY His
Y’all. I can’t even. My baby girl is graduating from college. With a Bachelor of Science degree. And a Master’s Degree. At the same time. In MATHEMATICS! But wait … there’s more … With a cumulative G.P.A. of 4-point-freaking-0!! She’s never made a B. Here’s the thing. She surpassed my abilities in math before sheContinue reading “MIND-BLOWINGLY His”
Restfully HIS
Would you believe what happened this morning? Nothing. I slept ELEVEN hours last night. And when I woke up, the house was still standing. My people were all okay. The world didn’t stop turning. Nothing happened. Sometimes, we need rest. Sometimes, we need a lot of rest. And sometimes, we can’t pinpoint a reason “why.”Continue reading “Restfully HIS”
ASSUREDLY His
I laughed out loud at a meme a friend posted today detailing how Austria’s airport has an entire help desk dedicated to travelers who land in Austria thinking they were flying to Australia. Apparently so many people make this mistake, they need personnel on hand 24/7 to handle them! Come to find out, this isContinue reading “ASSUREDLY His”
Funnily His
God didn’t make this brilliant, enormous kaleidoscope of creation just so we could live monotonous, boring, tedious lives!
ANXIOUSLY His
Hello, August.
You’re not my favorite month.
Not by far.
GLEEFULLY His
I tip-toed out the front door of the house to take a phone call so I wouldn’t wake my napping teen in the family room. She’s recovering from surgery. I’d just caught a bowl-full of her vomit and reapplied ice packs to her incision sites. A moment in the sunshine, breeze, and green grass wouldContinue reading “GLEEFULLY His”
NOT-SO-STUPIDLY His
It’s been a hard week. Situations arose involving finances, marriage, and parenting that left me feeling entirely clueless. And the still-recovering people-pleasing, over-achieving perfectionist in me does.not.like.feeling.dumb! But that’s exactly where I found myself on multiple days this week: confused, stumped, not knowing which way to turn or how to proceed. I stumbled across theContinue reading “NOT-SO-STUPIDLY His”
GROWINGLY HIS
Today’s blog is a lot different … it’s a PODCAST! I recently sat down with Keri Wilt and recorded an episode for her “Well-Tended Life” Podcast. We had a lot of fun and focused on how we can grow through whatever we are going through. I think you’ll enjoy listening. And I’m giving away aContinue reading “GROWINGLY HIS”
TIMELESSLY His
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, beginnings and endings. That statement has never felt truer than now, as I close out the year 2022 and open the year 2023. For me, 2022 was a year of both slow and sudden change. A year of bittersweet endings and expected beginnings. A year of traumaticContinue reading “TIMELESSLY His”
Expressively HIS ... 