So She Did.
Do It Yourself Wood Sign Calligraphy Inspirational Quote
Ahh…. the New Year! Christmas is my favorite time of the year, but when it's done - it's done. Maybe some of you have some resolutions for your home. I have a project for you that's perfect to kick off the new year. My friend, Amy Brake, came home with the most...
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Turn the Page….
With graduation just around the corner combined with the fact that all three of us (authors of this blog) have seniors....well, there have been some pretty sweet~bitter~sweet~bitter moments around here. I happen to know that one of us, I'll let you guess who, had a...
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Diagonal Walkers
Not so long ago I found myself at the mall (aka Dante's third ring of hades) doing some back to school clothes shopping. As we walked into Children's Place I turned between some clothes racks and found myself hilariously blocked by a boy. He couldn't have been more...
read more“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
-Mother Teresa
Fall Harvest Happy Halloween or Thanksgiving Pumpkin Cake
I love to bake. Sometimes the mood strikes, and I bake even though there are a million other things to do. I made this little beauty the other night, and you can ask my neighbor, Amy Brake, about it - she loved it! It is a Ree Drummond recipe with itty bitty minimal...
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When God Takes Something Away
A couple of weeks ago, my friend spent a week in serious prayer and fasting. During this time, a property of theirs sold that had been on the market for three years. In addition to that, they were going to be able to purchase a piece of property that they had been...
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She Believed She Could Fight Cancer At Age 39
Breast Cancer Awareness month is October. Before 2014, I bought bagels and shopped special weekends in October so some of the proceeds would go to the women dealing with the disease. I thought I was doing my part. Now it hits much deeper and harder, as one of my...
read moreLessons from the Nursing Home
My children spent 2 hours at a local nursing home the weekend before Christmas, visiting with the residents and singing (along with the rest of their school group) a few off-key Christmas carols. Their intent is always to play games and put together puzzles and other...
read more5 Reasons to Challenge Yourself
Every week, every month, every year, I look for a new challenge. This is something I started (by accident, like so many things in life) in 2009. Before that, I can't remember purposely seeking out anything that was new or hard or different... because I was just too...
read moreWe’re Equipped for the Journey
“I will not show you what is on the road ahead, but I will thoroughly equip you for the journey.” - from Sarah Young's “Jesus Calling” Another Monday and the start of my 5th week in Sarah Young’s devotional book. I had heard of it before but never read it – until a...
read moreOrdinary Moments
For every month I advance farther into my 40's, I feel that my eyes do something a little funkier and weirder than the last. Seriously. Sometimes I can see billboards but not menus, and other days I can't see my fingernails OR the house across the street. I'm told...
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Making Summer Last
You might think this is a post about finding an open pool and diving in with your kids one last glorious splashy time. Or maybe you think it's about finding a hot afternoon after school where you can eat popsicles on the front porch and watch the world glide by. You...
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Big Waves Little Waves…
Once, a long time ago and in a galaxy far far away, I wrote a post about trying to keep your footing when the monster waves of life slam into you. I vaguely remember the analogy I used: how at some point in my life I learned that if a big wave knocks you under water...
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