All of us become battered and bruised in this battle we call "life." And, from time to time, we each need a soothing place, where we can pause, get refreshed, and get back out there with new vigor.

This is that place. A soothing place where you can come to reflect on your life and then renew and refresh it gently, in Christ.

All are welcome here, no matter what your personal faith. All are respected here, as unique and very special creations of God. All we ask is that you, in turn, show respect, too.

So come . . . reflect, refresh, renew . . . today.

About our logo, the Window to the Sea.

As I've gone around on booksignings and in giving talks, it never fails that someone will comment on the photo in the upper left corner of this website that is also on my business card. So I'll tell you.

In February 2006, a few months after my husband died, I left the cold of Michigan for the soothing warmth of the South. I rented a lovely beach house in Cherry Grove, South Carolina, so that I could spend some time reflecting, journaling, planning and, yes, refreshing and renewing.

My seaside retreat was everything I had hoped for -- and more. I started each day with prayer and meditation, sitting on the livingroom couch, looking out my back window to the sea. It was such a serene setting. That view perfectly reflected my experience, so much so that I had to capture it on film. (For added aesthetic effect--and to express my purpose here--I arranged my actual journal, complete with my eyeglasses, and a candle on the glass coffee table.) The view beyond the window was not only calming but, stretching far off into the horizon, it also symbolizes God's infinite love and mercy.

And, months later when I began designing this website, there was no other photo that reflected the "Reflect, Refreh, Renew" experience as that photo.

I firmly believe it all was "a God thing."

--Sandra Eggers