by kimgalgano@chickswithchoices.com | Sep 25, 2014 | attitude, prayer
“I like the idea that when I die, I will have a long sit-down chat with God and get answers to all my questions. For example, those apple cores that I threw out of car windows when I was a child—did any of them become trees? ~Kristine K. Stevens Today we reach the end...
by kimgalgano@chickswithchoices.com | May 15, 2014 | Finding Balance, prayer, simplicity
“Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation…tooting, howling, screeching, booming,...
by kimgalgano@chickswithchoices.com | Dec 18, 2013 | choice, decisions, Finding Balance, Holidays, Jesus, prayer
“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans–and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things...
by kimgalgano@chickswithchoices.com | Nov 7, 2013 | courage, prayer, Relationships
“Step follows step, Hope follows Courage, Set your face towards danger, Set your heart on victory.” ~ Gail Carson Levine Author’s note: If you are a new reader just joining this story, click here for part one. After winning a surprising first set, but losing a...
by kimgalgano@chickswithchoices.com | Sep 9, 2013 | courage, emotions, friendship, Jesus, parenting, prayer, Relationships
“I’m the girl nobody knows until she commits suicide. Then suddenly everyone had a class with her.” ~ Tom Leveen I picked my daughter from middle school and caught a glimpse of the hallway. I peered down the sunlit passageway where lingering legs moved in...
by kimgalgano@chickswithchoices.com | Aug 14, 2013 | authenticity, choice, prayer
“In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God. ~John Grisham, The Testament Let me remind us where we’ve been before I talk about confession. My guess is that as soon as you heard the word you hopped out of that comfortable,...