by Laurie Short | Feb 10, 2016 | Faith, love sex and dating, speaking in chapel, valentines day
I am currently in Indiana. It’s my first speaking gig since I had my foot surgery in December. I still have a “mini boot” on, but I am going to try a real live shoe on stage to avoid distraction. However given my topic, it’s safe to say my foot will be the...
by Laurie Short | Feb 2, 2016 | Faith, light at the end of the tunnel
“The Light at the End of the Tunnel” is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as the prospect of success, relief, or escape after strenuous effort. However I could define it in 2 small non-word sounds: Yeeeeee hawwwww! It’s the same sound you make on a horse,...
by Laurie Short | Jan 19, 2016 | Faith, faith in the dark, Marine helicopter crash
Light is all around us. But we only really see light when it is dark. Such is the mystery of life. It was darkness that moved me today to see the people I love more clearly. To let my eyes linger on the gifts they actually are. Because I’m aware that there is a...
by Laurie Short | Jan 12, 2016 | Faith, God's timing, Waiting
I’M DONE. If you’ve been following my recent blog history, you can probably guess with what. (And if not, feel free to look back) If you want a hint, it begins with a B, ends with a T, and has two O’s in the middle. (This is for you visual learners)...
by Laurie Short | Jan 6, 2016 | Faith, getting "the boot", hope, recovering from foot surgery
When it comes to jobs, relationships, football teams and “The Bachelor”, Getting the boot is not usually something people celebrate. However when it comes to foot surgery, out come the balloons. With the presentation of “the boot” by your...
by Laurie Short | Jan 2, 2016 | 2016, Faith, new years resolutions
(In honor of the New Year, this is adapted from a previous blog posted December 2013:) It’s the beginning of 2016, and I’m lobbying to change New Years resolutions to New Years reso-hope-tions. Are you in? I’m thinking by January 7th you might be. By...
by Laurie Short | Dec 28, 2015 | dependence, Faith, foot surgery
On December 22nd, life changed as I knew it. This is what was surgically done to my foot: (Caution: not for the faint of heart) (whoops too late) And this is the less offensive, non X-ray view people see: Thanks to my gifted podiatrist, Dr. Lindsay Mae Chandler...
by Laurie Short | Dec 21, 2015 | Christmas, Faith, Magi, Nativity
You’ve probably had moments when you’ve experienced it. Maybe even said it. But curiously the origin of the phrase “When the stars line up” is nowhere to be found. (At least not on Google.) “When the stars line up” is a phrase we...