by Terra Osterling | Feb 8, 2016 | Inspiration
My house is quiet. It’s been six months since we said goodbye to Elsa our cat, and just three months since we did the same for Valentina, our dog. Having for nearly a year nursed them both through their twilight, we knew when Elsa left us in August that Valentina...
by Terra Osterling | Dec 3, 2015 | Babysitting Nephews, Inspiration, Nature
Nephews K. & D. are growing bigger every day. Spending a day with them now, at ages 8 ½ and 10 ½, is more like having play buddies than babysitting. Outdoor activities are usually good choices when it comes to boys who never seem to stop moving, and this past...
by Terra Osterling | Jul 15, 2015 | Experiences, Inspiration, Nature
(Lots of photos in this post! Click the photos to enlarge!) Milkweed is an invasive plant, one that can grow to five feet tall and then releases its seeds in a late summer snowstorm of burst pods. They spread and their roots grow deep. I know this because I used to...
by Terra Osterling | Feb 9, 2014 | Game-changers, Inspiration, Lessons from Faith, Outside my comfort zone
On New Year’s Eve almost six weeks ago, The Husband and I drank a bottle of champagne while raising toast after toast to both the prior and coming year. In our typical ‘we-are-our-own-party’ fashion, we played loud music, laughed, and counted our many blessings. My...
by Terra Osterling | Sep 22, 2013 | Business of Freelance Writing, Inspiration, Lessons from Faith, Storytelling
Election season has begun. Though, 2013 is not a national, state or even a mid-term election year. The lawn signs are fewer and the “intensity” of the public discourse is lower (unless you count debt-ceilings and affordable healthcare…but that’s a whole other topic)....
