Meet Shannon…
Hello! My name is Shannon and I’m happy you stopped by! Twenty years ago I left my family and “city-life” in the South to come to a small town in the midwest with my husband. Three kids and a couple of dogs later I find my life full to the brim… and often overflowing onto my running shoes! I spend my time trying to remember which child to pick up when, gulping coffee, eating icing and working hard to find and follow the path that God has set out before me.
Very Yellow Chicken
THREE DISCLAIMERS BEFORE YOU START READING: Don't be deterred by the yellow-ness. Seriously. Weird is sometimes best. All of my family members who "hate curry" love this. It's not curry-ish. I promise. Make sure you save a spoon to eat the leftover sauce after...
read more14 Lies Mothers Tell
1. I'd love to share this clean cold fresh new bottle of water with you! 2. I have no idea who ate that last piece of cake. Was it you? Who was it?! How rude! 3. No, I don't really want my french fries. Go ahead. By all means. 4. It will hurt me more than it hurts...
read moreStep AWAY From the Computer
Last night my mother had a huge pop-up window suddenly appear over her entire Facebook screen. It said (in her highly technical words), "There is something really wrong with some serious stuff on your computer and it's going to ruin everything if you don't do some...
read moreIs There Such a Thing as a Good “Good-Bye”?
How do you really say good-bye? How can you actually whisper those words and let someone slip away...knowing that you won't see them again on this earth? Oh...If there wasn't the certain hope of a forever with God....of knowing in every fiber of one's being that our...
read moreTriscuit Chicken
Holy Moley!! It's Tuesday night and I have nothing planned for dinner and we can't go out! (Why can't we go get our favorite fast and easy food on a psychotically busy weeknight you might ask? Well...check out this post from Gwen. It's her fault. We are on a...
read moreI Wish…
I would beyond gladly give up everything tangible in my life ....would willingly trade it ALL in...would swap everything material I have or might ever have for one thing: a magic wand. It doesn't have to be pink and sparkly. It doesn't have to make pretty little...
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