5 Friday Favorites: May 16, 2025
It's time for my Friday link up withA Little Bit of Everything and Momfessionals.
On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote, a beauty product, a recipe, a pair of cute shoes, etc. If it's a product, sometimes it's something I actually own and sometimes something I just saw online that gave me a smile. Sometimes it's serious and so metimes it's silly. I suppose I believe that God is in the simple details of life and yes, I can even find Him in a tube of lipstick.
Happy Friday! I gotta hustle this morning, so let's get to it. Here are some favorite things from the week.
1. Tom Lake by Anne Patchett
I liked this novel a lot, but I LOVED listening to Meryl Streep read the audio. She's brilliant . . .duh, I know. Her voice is so calm and soothing. It's like your mom reading you a bedtime story.
2. Peepers Readers
The eyesight situation is well, a situation. I wear progressive contacts and I still need readers. Turns out it's helpful to have multiple pairs in different places, so I'm embracing it by finding cute ones. I mean, I think they're cute. Remember, that I can barely see, so . . . Last year I ordered these and I still haven't lost them yet. (Please hold your applause.) I ordered this pair yesterday because it seems like I need an upstairs pair and a downstairs pair and a purse pair and a car pair. Why didn't anyone tell us we needed separate savings accounts for college, retirement and for reading glasses?
3. Running Back to You
Joe sent this song to me a few weeks ago after he heard it at church. Beautiful.
4. Y'all. We need to stage an intervention re. my viewing habits
Hard left turn from the Jesus song. Do not watch this. It's on Netflix, but don't. It's so sad and so disturbing and the most frustrating part was that at the end you don't know what to believe. I gotta get back to The Chosen.
5. The World Needs More Tom Morrisons . . .still and more than ever.
Nine years ago this week our community lost Tom Morrison. Tom was one of the good ones. In the shock and sadness, I took to this space as I always do when I need to work out things that I can't make sense of and then a few days later, I spoke at his memorial service. It was the first time I had ever spoken words I had written in front of a church full of people-or anywhere else for that matter. I was humbled to have been asked and also scared out of my mind. I'll never forget that day and I'll never forget Tom and his easy, warm smile. I only knew him for a short five years, but I can still feel the shock of his loss. And yet, I know that it is nothing compared to the grief that still lingers for his wife, kids and family. If you want to read about our friend, you can do so here. Then do two things. Offer up a prayer for his people today. Then go out and be like Tom because.the world desperately needs more of what it lost when he left.
Gotta go get some running shoes today. If you know, you know.
Have a blessed weekend, friends.
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