Today’s post is a personal story. No fancy pictures. No SEO tactics. Just a sweet story about my older daughter Allie. Parenting is oh-so-hard and I honestly feel like I’m failing in some way about 90% of the time. I’m not as patient as I should be, I’m more distracted than I should be. I don’t […]
How Death and Advent are Inevitably Intertwined
December 1, 2015 by
Welcome to the first post on 25 Days of All Things Christmas! Bet you didn’t expect the title to include the word “death” am I right? I wrote this post 2 years ago at the end of an extremely difficult year for my family. Reading it again this morning made me tear up as I […]
Thanksgiving Free Printable: Give Thanks
November 26, 2015 by
Some days, giving thanks is much harder than others. But choosing to look at our blessings each day- and we all have them- is vital to a grateful heart. Whether this Thanksgiving it’s easy to give thanks, or your having to dig deep to show gratitude, I pray that you are able to find something […]
Sometimes I Cry at Sonic
September 17, 2015 by
Last Thursday, I had a mom’s night out planned with a few friends. I handed the kids off to hubby around 5:30 after my girls’ gymnastics class so they could head to Bible study. I didn’t have to be at the restaurant until 8, so I swung by Sonic to get a drink before I […]
Love is Kind- free printable
August 30, 2015 by
I promised a few weeks back that I would do more book reviews– I have been reading SO much lately. Ben and I started a new “plan” a few weeks ago- we only watch TV after the kids are in bed on the weekends. The other nights, we read. It’s amazing how much time that […]
That time I was a Mean Girl
August 11, 2015 by
Last month on my road trip with my college roommate we watched the movie Mean Girls. Yes, I know, we’re so sophisticated. Can you believe I was a teenager in the 90s and never had seen it before? Anyway, it brought to mind that time I was a mean girl. When I was in 8th […]
