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LIVING LIGHTLY: DAY 7
I already had to play "catch up" with this 365. I'm conscious of it. Living it. But recording it is a challenge. I can do almost...

Lydia C
Jun 14, 20232 min read


LIVING LIGHTLY: DAY 6
I took the day off to be with Davis since he was stuck at home until the car was ready at 4:30. It was great to have a heart to heart...

Lydia C
Jun 14, 20232 min read


LIVE LIGHTLY: Day 5
Living Lightly is learning not to overachieve. Nobody cares. I'll try to post everything here somehow, but it may just be a pic of what...

Lydia C
Jun 14, 20231 min read


LIVE LIGHTLY: Day 4 If the Spirit is praying, then...
A few days ago, I woke up praying with deep angst for a loved one. I'd been carrying this burden for years and not seeing what I knew...

Lydia C
Jun 11, 20234 min read


LIVE LIGHTLY: Day 3
Some randomness: Yesterday, we picked up Davis from the airport. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get the 1 1/2 drive done. When we were 1:11...

Lydia C
Jun 10, 20233 min read


LIVE LIGHTLY: Day 2
So, I've been thinking about light. The most powerful painters of light have a secret. They know how to master their darks. It's in the...

Lydia C
Jun 10, 20231 min read


LIVE LIGHTLY: Day 1
I just wrote the words that are below the line in my newsletter. Part of me is saying, "Well now you've done it." But what have I got...

Lydia C
Jun 8, 20233 min read


up close and very personal:
This week, I received a copy of a new book. I was particularly overwhelmed to receive it. I met the author at an international artist's...

Lydia C
Apr 9, 20234 min read


Hope Floats up in The Loft
Four paragraphs. For paragraphs to justify my business baby’s existence. The average paragraph is about 200 words long. The average...

Lydia C
Mar 13, 20235 min read


Grace (re)Discovered
I promised to write this in my newsletter. But where do I start!? I think I’ll just jump into the middle. If you’ve been raised in any...

Lydia C
Jan 16, 20236 min read


Love lets go
I have been going through a 16 week course called Be Transformed from Rock House Center based out of Nashville. They have one other...

Lydia C
Dec 24, 20222 min read
Why procrastination feels like progress
I already posted today. I already wrote about a list I was going to make. Instead, I ate lunch. Napped. Read my novel and ate ice cream....

Lydia C
Sep 12, 20224 min read


The Courtroom
by Lydia D Crouch Amelie stood in the spacious courtroom. The flags, the guards, the very railings that separated those on trial from the...

Lydia C
Mar 19, 20225 min read


The problem with Joy
I’ve been thinking about Joy for years. It’s a powerful thing. But the church I have known has, for the most part, attached guilt or...

Lydia C
Nov 18, 202112 min read


a ring of thorns
A while back, we watched a show. I forget which one, but probably The Amazing Race. In one episode, the teams were in Africa in safari...

Lydia C
Oct 11, 20211 min read


So good to listen
This was one of those paintings that I absolutely loved, but wasn’t necessarily “sellable” like a landscape or florals might be. The...

Lydia C
Oct 7, 20212 min read


How do you weigh your worth
So I've been doing Noom for two and a half weeks. I've lost 6 or 7 pounds, which is great but that's not why I'm doing it. (I'm going...

Lydia C
Sep 18, 20216 min read


Come & Dine: the menu verses the meal
Today I was praying for a young friend. He's so incredibly bright that it might just rob him from relationship if he doesn't learn...

Lydia C
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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