Color Me Bold

Color Me Bold

  Phewf..I’m exhausted from all the self-disclosure.  I wanted to keep it light this week with some fun fashion and beauty tips. First, I wanted to show you my do-it-yourself hair color. I was getting bored with my dark hair and tried a modified ombre look, with a semi-permanent dark burgundy color on top. This […]

RAW: Real, Angry, Weeping Part 3

This is the last of a 3 part post. W is for weeping. In American culture, crying out or weeping is often seen as weak and pitiful. We’re often uncomfortable with people who weep because we don’t always know how to respond. But in other cultures, including my own Hispanic culture, weeping is necessary and […]

RAW: Real, Angry, Weeping Part 2

Yesterday I posted RAW Part 1 (R is for real). This is Part 2. A is for angry: David and Job sometimes got angry at God. I imagine them shaking their fists up at him and screaming, “Why?!” In Leonard Sweet’s book, “What Matters Most:  How We Got the Point but Missed the Person”, Sweet […]

RAW: Real, Angry, Weeping Part 1

God continues to teach me new lessons in transparency..sigh.  I’m feeling somewhat overexposed, just like Eve in the garden scrambling for something to hide behind. A few weeks ago I attended a women’s discipleship luncheon where the speaker, Stephanie Henderson, challenged us to get raw with God, as David did in his weeping and even […]

Celi’s Guacamole Salsa

A tasty variation on traditional pico de gallo salsa & guacamole, my guacamole salsa has been a favorite at community gatherings for many years. 5 or 6 large ripened avocados (they should still look green and feel soft but not mushy when you squeeze them) 2 -10 oz cans undrained petite diced tomatoes 2 cloves of […]

Where I'm From:  Learning to Live in the Dirt

Where I’m From: Learning to Live in the Dirt

I almost didn’t post this because I was afraid you’d think I write strangely and want to correct my grammar and punctuation.  But this is who I am:  words are like music, like lyrics to me. So bear with me as I wax poetic.  Today I need an outlet, but I know words don’t always […]

 Beautiful Insights:  September Photo Re-Cap

Beautiful Insights: September Photo Re-Cap

 “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.” Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV) Seeing beauty in unlikely places is not too difficult if you live in Colorado, but I am challenged to share with you both stark beauty […]

Less Is More: 5 Tips for Keeping Clothes Classy

Consider me, as my sweet, dear friend Sharon once said , “a nicer Christian version of the lady on What Not to Wear.”  Here’s what Stacy London and I might say to Christian gals:  A tight slinky cocktail dress and spike heels are not for church or the office. Jeans are not professional, unless you […]

Quebrantamiento Necesario

Mi hija está escribiendo un artículo titulado “La belleza de quebrantamiento”. Ella espera mostrar que estar “roto” en espíritu y en el cuerpo puede ser hermoso. Encontró un artículo sobre un niño autista que, a causa de su incapacidad para hablar, ahora puede escribir con asombrosa elocuencia.  Escribe y se expresa mejor, tal vez porque […]

Broken became Necessary

Maybe brokenness is necessary in order to appreciate beauty on this side of heaven. My daughter is writing an essay titled “The Beauty of Brokenness”. She hopes to point out that being “broken” in spirit or in body can be beautiful.  She found an article about an autistic boy who, because of his inability to […]