You Are Loved

Here's a very important thing to remember on Valentine's Day.



Remember that You Are Loved.

It's also important to remember on every other day of the year.





And especially when you are feeling lonely.




If you need someone to love you, there are always at least three people who care about you.

One is Jesus. He loves you and thinks you're amazing.

And then there’s me: I love you.

And, it goes without saying, the penguins on this site adore you.

And before you say “Naw aw,“ there are three of us (four if you include the baby penguin) and only one of you, so there. :-p

Isn't it nice to be loved by a penguin?





Always remember that You Are Loved.

Everything is Autumn (oak leaves)

Your inner child wants to stomp on crunchy leaves.

There's something so very satisfying about the sound of it.

If you haven't done this in a while, I highly recommend it.

Why are you sitting here looking at this? Go find some leaves to stomp on! :-p

Be Brave

Be brave.      Fight tyrrany.

Learn to fly.      Never grow up.

Always be ready for an adventure, because you never know what life might throw at you.

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Sometimes bravery is wearing a hat when no one else wants to muss their hair.

Sometimes bravery is doing something you really want to do, when everyone tells you it's impossible.

Sometimes bravery is choosing not to do something that everyone else thinks you should do.

Sometimes they're wrong.

Sea You Again Soon

Here are some variations of a punny, ocean-themed sentiment.

With seahorses.

These seahorses really miss each other.

Playing with ocean themes because I haven't made it to the beach this year. :-(

I still believe in Fairy Tales

When things get tough, remember that your life is a fairy tale.

Every fairy tale has adventures — journeys and quests and swashbuckling and wild seas and monsters to slay.

It has magical (miraculous) powers given to small and humble orphans, for them to discover that they are princes and princesses — children of The King — to grow up to defeat powerful enemies.

And every fairy tale must have a villain (or thirty-seven thousand of them), but in the end, evil is vanquished, orphans are restored to their places as princes and princesses, and everyone lives happily ever after.

If your life is difficult right now, just remember that your fairy tale isn't over yet.

Hold out for Happily Ever After.


I'm here to assure you that it exists.

Free Printable - "Life Can Be Beautiful" Coloring Page

I wanted to do something fun for Easter, so I quickly modified my "Life can be beautiful" image into a black and white coloring page.

It's a bit simplistic, since I'm just testing it out — I hope to make some more detailed coloring pages in the future! Let me know what you think! :-)

Click on either image

to download the PDF directly to your device. :-)

8.5 x 11 page
(letter-sized)

Life Can Be Beautiful

Do you have memories of lying in a sunny field of wildflowers, beneath a brilliant blue sky?

If not, you're really missing out and ought to go find a field of wildflowers right now.

(Unless you have pollen allergies, of course.)

This is one of the best places to rest and allow your inner child to breathe.

To think random thoughts.

To feel like a kid again.

Try it; it could change your life.

Or you might at least get a nice nap that you've been needing for a while.

It's your breath in our lungs

"So we pour out our praise to you only."  — Great Are You Lord

You've Got Penguins

Especially if you were sick. Or you just felt sad.

Or you stubbed your toe.

Or you just frowned a little because you were trying to remember what you needed from the grocery store.


I would totally send you some penguins.


But alas, I don't have your address.

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However, it wouldn't work to send me any, because they wouldn't fit in my mail slot, so the mail carrier would leave them on my doorstep while I was gone and they would have wandered off into the next state before I could get home and see them.

Such a tragedy.


But I'm certain you would have sent me some otherwise. So thank you for the penguins you would have sent — I appreciate your thoughtfulness.