by Julie Lefebure | Mar 21, 2021 | #connect2021, Encouragement
It’s finally here! Spring has arrived! It’s a season I look forward to each year. Maybe it’s because it follows the season I like the least. Or maybe it’s because the earth bursts forth with life. It might be because the temperatures gradually...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 15, 2021 | #connect2021, Encouragement
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the date… March 15, 2020. This date is a marker in my life. A marker of a new reality… the reality of how life may never be as it once was. It’s the day everything in my world shifted. It’s the day...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 14, 2021 | #connect2021, Encouragement
One thing this pandemic has taught us is this: we need each other. Maybe I didn’t realize it so much before all this began, but I certainly realize it now. Maybe I (not intentionally) took the people in my life for granted. And maybe I also didn’t realize...
by Julie Lefebure | Mar 6, 2021 | #connect2021, This Lefe Family
Sometimes a simple string of words, written or voiced, have been known captivate me. Someone, without realizing, can write or say a sentence that lingers with me for a long time. This very thing happened a couple weeks ago, and I can’t dismiss it from my mind. A...
by Julie Lefebure | Feb 26, 2021 | #connect2021, Love Others
I’m guessing you do a better job than I in praying for someone who mistreats you. In fact, I typically stink at it. When someone says unkind words, or displays hateful actions, or mistreats me in any kind of way, I struggle internally. My selfishness and desire...
by Julie Lefebure | Feb 13, 2021 | #connect2021, personal journey
My friends tried to warn me. Really, they did. Those who had gone before me and had already crossed over into grandma-hood did their best in attempting to explain how amazing becoming a grandma would be. Kudos to them! I tried wrapping my brain around the reality. How...