Hard to believe that it’s the weekend again, isn’t it? Here are a few interesting articles that I came across in the past week… some good reads for your weekend. I hope yours is a nice one!

Iris

On Making Art

Making Art Tied to Fewer Cognitive Problems in Old Age

Coloring Books and Welding Help Vets Deal With PTSD

Art and the Mind’s Eye: How Drawing Trains You to See the World More Clearly and to Live with a Deeper Sense of Presence | Brain Pickings

This Guy Creates Insanely Adorable Coffee Monsters out of Coffee Stains

Journaling and Writing

This One Simple Thing Can Make Your Life Much Better

A Little Known Hack from Japan to Keep Your Notebook Organized

The Writing Assignment That Changes Lives

 

PTSD

How I Got PTSD From My Marriage

The One Thing I Wish More People Understood About PTSD

 

Miscellaneous Thought-Provoking

Why Selfies are Good for Girls

Can You Prescribe Nature

blue skies

Because Life is so Hard, but God is still Good

I’m afraid that sounds trite, but I really don’t mean it that way. My pastor and his wife have been good friends with the Shaws for many years. Tim (and his parents because they love him) are walking a path that none of us would choose, with grace that only God could give them. My heart aches for all of them.

Ex-NFLer Tim Shaw fights ALS: What I See is a Lot of Hope

 

That’s it for this week, friends. I hope that your weekend is filled with God’s grace as you serve Him where He has you.