The shallow river water sparkled, winking a promise of a leisurely float ahead. Our boys were packed tightly in the bow of our diminutive raft, my husband was in the middle up on the oar rack, and...

Sometimes I see things. I see them two years (or even more, sometimes even a decade) in advance. I know that something is going to – or is supposed to – happen. I know it with a...

Sometimes my newsletter comes later in the month than earlier. Know why? It’s not because I haven’t been thinking of you. It’s because I literally WAIT until I receive what I am supposed to share. I am...

My days are filled with an ebullient mix of family, business, consulting, coaching, and the farm. I suffer from dishpan hands, feed my kids every eight minutes, and repeatedly show Mt. Laundry who’s boss. On rainy days...

By Vicki Norris – I found a basket of pears in my garage a few weeks ago that I had forgotten about. I had picked them from the orchard and was letting them ripen in the basket....

By Vicki Norris – I am in the process of retraining my brain for the expansion. You see, here at Restoring Order, we are in a transition. We are becoming more of what we were meant to...

Ever wake up and feel funky? Just not quite yourself. Out-of-sorts. Not bad but not especially good. Or, maybe you’ve spent many years in that state. It’s hard to pin down. It could be discomfort, discontent, or...

Have you ever just been frustrated that the very things you WANT to do are the things that you find the least time for? Do you wonder when it’s YOUR TURN? Would you just like a break...

It’s amazing how many things we just do reflexively. We operate in a numbed state of obligatory living dragging ourselves from work to unending chores. We are too tired to find joy in the little things because...

Something happens to me every time change comes to Restoring Order: I nest. This mama bird starts rearranging the nest, pitching the old feathers and sticks, and shoring up the dents. I literally start organizing and beautifying...

By Vicki Norris – Do you feel worn down? Are you depleted of energy and sometimes wonder how you can keep going? When we are depleted, we wear our overwhelm like a heavy robe. It shows on...

By Vicki Norris – Rest. It’s both a noun and a verb.It’s a state of being and an action.It’s a built-in dichotomy! It’s something the whole world needs, but precious few practice, especially us time-enslaved Americans. Most...

By Vicki Norris – Has the roof fallen in? Or, is your life being uncomfortably rearranged? Sometimes life presents us with a reconstruction process. Construction is one thing. You were most likely involved in the building process...

By Vicki Norris – The Norris household at Dream Acres is being re-envisioned. We’re starting with the downstairs. The carpet was twenty years old; it had to go. There wasn’t a budget for the wide plank reclaimed...

As spring slips into summer, I am pondering the activities of this past season. Our family and our business have advanced in ways that are not yet seen to the eye. We have deepened and grown our...