Peace From a Blank Page

Yesterday was one of those crazy days where–because of a car shortage in my house these days–I was literally going from 2 until 8, driving kids around.

The highlight of my day came when I got to sit down at my local Panera for a whopping 45 minutes between drop-off/pick-up and spend some time with the brand new notepad I’d purchased earlier in the day. To say I love to have a new notebook is quite the understatement. Much of my enthusiasm for the rather basic office supply is the fact that it...