Nancy Manos Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 05:43PM Over the past month, since my mom passed away, I’ve been deep cleaning our home room by room. Last night, while working in my mom’s room, it occurred to me that there are a lot of boxes in life.
Boxes, Mom, beauty, joy, organization | in Joyful Living, Looking Ahead Nancy Manos Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 10:54AM Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.” Song of Solomon 2:15 NKJV This reminder from Solomon could be applied in so many areas of our lives. As I look around, I am seeing how the little foxes in my life are tiny things that I have left undone. Instead of putting the clean sheets away in the linen closet, they sit on the cedar chest at the foot of our bed. A bag of trash sits at the top of the stairs waiting for someone to bring it down and out to the trash bin. The little hand-held vacuum lies on its side on the floor, just feet from where I sit, instead of being returned to the cupboard where it belongs.
clutter, home, joy, little foxes, order, organization, peace | in Order Promotes Peace Nancy Manos Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 07:21PM Have you ever been the object of affection for a secret admirer? Someone who is passionately, intensely, acutely interested in you? Someone who goes to great lengths to be around you, to learn all they can about you, and to surprise you with gifts and trinkets that bring you joy? I have a confession. I am a not-so-secret admirer.