Dear Quietly Progressing Soul, Being a human is tough work. While sometimes it appears that we’re not getting anything done at all, really we are making so many small and large strides towards everything that is good. Think of plants and bulbs and seed …

Dear Impatient Soul, Sometimes we need to just let life surprise us a little instead of trying so hard to control every single outcome for every single thing…isn’t it exhausting? Life has a way of surprising us whether we are ready for it or not…wh …

Dear Patient Girl, There was probably a time in your life when you wanted nothing more than to have cookies for breakfast every single morning… ….when you didn’t want to practice your reading or do any of your homework… …when you were absolutel …

Dear Patient Girl, One of the best ways to be happy is to learn to wait for special things. It seems like it should be the other way around…but when we have to wait for things that our hearts and souls want so badly, they are even sweeter than we cou …

Dear Determined Girl, You are capable of so much…you sometimes might forget that. You see, we love to look at beautiful things and brilliant things and revolutionary things. Sometimes we stop noticing how many of those kinds of things are around us and …

Dear Patient Girl, Every so often, people we love act out of character. Kind people sometimes behave in short and terse and cold ways. Dependable people sometimes drop the ball. Happy people are sometimes sad and quiet. Nurturing people are sometimes h …

Dear Honorable Girl, It seems like no matter how much planning we do, no matter how careful we are, no matter how much we study and save and sacrifice….there are still big disappointments that come into our lives and knock the wind out of us. Please …

Dear Persistent Girl, There are so many times when we work and work and work toward something and cannot really see what is coming out of it. There are other times when we feel prompted to do or say something randomly, and it doesn’t make any sense but …

Dear Thoughtful Girl, We must be so so careful with the hearts of others… We never know what our our kindness might mean to them…or even just our listening ear.   We will sometimes make mistakes…we can’t do everything perfectly or always be …

Dear Lovely Girl, You are the only one on earth who knows exactly the battles that you have had to fight, the dragons you have had to slay, the muck you have had to walk through, the pain you have had to endure, the strength you have had to build, the …

Dear Brilliant Girl, It is amazing, when we look back on what we thought we knew for absolutely sure that we wanted…..even things we grieved over because they never happened…..it is amazing how blessed we were that those things never happened…or …

Dear Hopeful Girl, Sometimes winter can last so long, or be so cold and dark and difficult that it seems like it will last forever. This is not just for the actual season of winter….but for the winters of our lives. You know….the times when things …