Life of Eucharisteo

　 I love the smells of this season. I take comfort in the familiar. Every year the farmers sow their seed and in the Fall we all reap the bounty. For the farmers, their crop, and for me the sights and smells of the familiar. The smells of Fall. Cotton on the stalk. Bales of hay. Freshly dug peanuts. Then there’s boiled peanuts! Smoke from the grills filling the air at a football stadium. Candy corn. Turkey and dressing. Pecan Pie. Those are some of the smells of the season here in the South. Today I’m thankful that God saw fit for me to spend my life here. I feel so fortunate to have grown up in a place so rich with the beauty of God’s creation. So full of heritage and history. A place central to oceans, rivers, creeks, mountains. I’ve had a taste of it all. So often people in small towns want to hurry up and get out. I was one of them. God let me leave this place. He let me see life outside of Small Town, Alabama. I’ve seen wondrou...

On this first day of November, I sit quietly on the couch, computer in my lap, sick baby girl at my side, Little Bill on TV. In this morning’s episode, Little Bill is searching for “his thing”. A year and 100 posts ago, I felt the same as Little Bill. I was looking for “my thing”. Searching for that one thing that I really enjoyed. My creative outlet. My contribution. My gift? My thing. Today I can tell you that I found it. I am not widely followed. None of my posts are pinned on Pinterest. My words have not been re-tweeted. I haven‘t written any kind of book. I’ve not had anything go viral. What I have done…. I’ve written 100 posts. Out of 365 days, 100 of those were spent writing. Spent praying. Spent doing life. Spent giving encouragement, and being encouraged. Spent doing “my thing”. God knows the desires of our hearts, even if we don’t. He knows what will fill us up. What will bring us peace. For me it was writing. He gave me “my thing...

After playing hooky from 31 Days, I'm popping back in on day 31 to say Happy November Eve. The month in which we celebrate gratitude is upon us and I love it! I can't wait so I'm gonna go ahead and say it... Happy Thanksgiving! This October I've counted thanks in pictures. In November, I'll count in words. Looking forward to a great month! Thank you all for being a part of the journey here at Life of Eucharisteo. Love you BIG! Tracey

Not sure where I’m going today, so here’s a little disclaimer. Hang on. Yesterday was a doozy. Seriously. A Monday for the record books. 　 　 Now I don’t ever want someone to read here and think, “Man, she’s such a complainer!” I write here to share my reality, and to find gratitude in spite of it. Sometimes we want to read eloquent words of wisdom. Sometimes we want to read plain ole’ fluff. Most of the time, I want to read real stuff. You know the nitty-gritty, mundane, scrubbing the toilets kinda stuff. So if you’ve made this far, your cookie is in the mail. ;) 　 　 Yesterday was certifiable. It didn’t start out that way. It was like someone flipped a switch and it went from zero to full blown stress-fest in about two seconds. It went down like this… I woke up before the alarm. NEVER happens. I got up and made homemade sticky buns. Should have known something was gonna go wrong when they came out perfect. Agai...

Nature. Wildlife. Beautiful Fall days. There's joy waiting to be found! Thankful!! Hope your weekend has been peace- filled and soul-refreshing. Tracey

Need help finding some gratitude this morning. This is how my day started. Two inches deep in the mud. Grrrrrr! :/ Just tryin' to keep it real for y'all.

        Thankful for the fifteen years that I've been blessed with to wear this ring.   Help me pray for the sanctity of marriage to  be restored in this world. My heart is burdened with family and friends that have lost sight of this. Marriage is hard. Don't give up.         Tracey <><