Growing up, we all have our favorite activities. I started tee-ball as a little kid, and transitioned to playing softball, which I did all the way through high school. I would spend hours using a softball swing trainer to improve my game daily. I must say that spring time was always a favorite time of …
This week marks the one year anniversary of Welcoming Spirit! Oh my! And to think that the one year day was actually the same day I was offered a new job… wow. I’ve got a houseful of college friends coming over tonight, but in the next week, in celebration of so many good things in …
A couple of weekends ago, my sister, her husband and I went back to summer camp. My sister and I had attended Kennolyn as campers, went through the Camper in Leadership Training program, and went on to be counselors and Directors ourselves. Camp was a life changing event. We learned to be self sufficient. We …
My buddy Jess Gonacha made a really lovely post this morning about the real her. She and a friend had been talking about how many people feel the pressure to appear perfect in the blogging world. So, to give a little perspective on things, she and a friend posted pictures of themselves, first thing in …
I’d been wishing for a new layout for some time for the blog. I’d searched and searched for something a little less pink, a little more “universal,” and finally found a dreamy layout at Our Blogger Templates, and went with the one titled “Spain.” This let me upload my own header image and I can …
Hi there! My name is Paula Jenkins and this blog is my little home for sharing what inspires me. My posts focus on: leading retreats and spirituality crafts and DIY decorating gluten free living updates on our nine month old son (his nickname is Zoom) Starting in 2004, I began leading retreats at San Damiano Retreat Center …
Drawn by my boss on the department white board. True enough to real life that it made me laugh, but I do know that my co-worker Jane will be disappointed. She kept yelling “make me the trapezoid!”
Sometimes you just need a moment to catch your breath. That would aptly describe my last few days; from being busy time-wise, and from being busy from heart and spirit – it has been a whirlwind. At work, we had a group of colleagues in from out of town last week; people we work with …
Early this morning, I got an email from a dear friend. A friend I met at my first year at UCSB, who I have lived with twice. Once in college, and once probably ten years later, after we were working in the big, real, world. Since college, there have been four of us who have …
