Pivot

And when she asked me, I realized at that moment something was missing for me. This something that I was missing is part of who I am.

Miranda

Miranda has this big and unique personality. She tells stories with lots of inflection, accents, and gestures. Honestly, the first time I met her, I was not sure I would be friends with her because I thought she was way over the top. It is a good thing that we don’t go by the first impression.

Documenting your Corona Chronicles

The Coronavirus has completely changed our lives in what it seemed like an instant. In these unprecedented times, take a few moments to document what you are seeing and experiencing in words and pictures.

Faithful Artist

You meticulously and brush the sky with the stroke of your paint brush. You do this with intention.

My Christmas Morning Tradition

A few years ago, I started a tradition for me on Christmas morning. My tradition is to go into nature … More

9. Trying to Hide my Brokenness

While I was in it, especially in the last year, I knew life was hard but I thought I was dealing with it ok. If you had asked me, “how are you doing?” I would have probably say “ok” or “good” and I truly believed that. The funny thing I thought I was carrying it well and that I was fooling the people around me.

The Hamster Wheel of Busyness

We have been fed this lie that being busy is a good thing. I think as a society we have … More

50 Years of Choosing You

Howard and Edie celebrated being married for 50th years. This is 50 years of choosing to serve God and each other. They have built a legacy that is great.

Meet Marilyn

I realized that I never did an introduction blog post about me. So here it is; along with an announcement about some changes that are coming to the blog.

My name is Marilyn. I am the creator of this blog and Marlo & Co.

5. Joy and Excitement

My feelings in the last year, I think for the most part have been nonexistent/numb to keep status quo or there has been sadness as I process things that had happened or that were going on inside of me. Don’t get me wrong, I have had moments of joy and when they happen I try to take note of them.

3. Fear and Anxiety

That Wednesday morning at work, I was feeling anxious to the point it was the closest thing I ever felt to anxiety attack. My muscles in my back tensed up and the tension lasted for days.

These questions kept coming up in my mind.

Enough

But through this all I still struggled with myself and the direction that God has called me to. I struggled with myself because I love my career in social work and the community I work in. And I love visual storytelling and photography especially with elderly. There was this tension between the two because I felt that if I leave social work I am leaving a career that I have built and love for over 10 years. And I was letting myself and others around me down by leaving social work. But I knew that if I did not see where my business might go that I was going to regret that and I could not live with that.