My daughter had a school project due. We headed to Michael’s, which is, of course, a requirement for all school project creations. Something about that day’s trip was different for me. I don’t know. I’ve shopped in Michael’s hundreds—maybe thousands—of times. But that day, I was nostalgic. I longed to trim photo edges with scallop… Read More »
Do you ever meditate upon the quality and characteristics of God’s love? God’s love for you is a pursuing love. It is relentless, irresistible, and infinite. God is faithful to love perfectly those whom he chooses to set apart for his affection. ~~~ For more inspiration, subscribe to my blog.
(My friend, Jamie at BlondeMomBlog, posted this cartoon with her year-end post. I had to borrow it for mine. I love it.) It’s a new year—the perfect time for reflections and fresh starts. I’m a real sucker for cliched rituals like that. And so, I look back and look forward. I started this blog one… Read More »
Not long ago, we hosted dinner guests. I had already determined that I wouldn’t be doing extensive preparation for them for many reasons: I’m busy and tired and don’t particularly enjoy housework anyway. They have a small child and know the challenges that go with keeping house while child-rearing; I relied on the “mom sympathy”… Read More »
I have been consumed (consumed, I tell you!) with a social media phenomenon this week surrounding the overnight success and explosive viral growth of a Facebook fan page called Crock Pot Girls. In fact, you’ve probably “liked” it and at least a dozen or so of your friends have “liked” it within the last few… Read More »
This is not anything new, really. My house is always a mess. By “house” I mean both my physical dwelling, as well as my mental/emotional/spiritual “house.” And I straddle sanity between enjoying the permission to be unstructured with the overwhelming desire to “get it together” and get it cleaned up. The first few weeks of… Read More »
Breakfast at our house can be a challenge, for a variety of reasons: The kids wake up starving. They could eat a country farmer meal in one sitting. I don’t wake up until I’ve had two cups of coffee or it’s 10 a.m. or whichever comes first. It’s important, then, I have some plans in… Read More »
Wow. We’re almost back to school, and I’m overjoyed with ecstasy I hate to see the summer end. We’ve gotten into some really bad habits this summer, though, which bears a direct correlation to my Type 1-ness and my P-ness (on the Myers-Briggs profile), I’m afraid. We’re going to bed too late and waking too… Read More »
I’ve written before about my often-successful ability to multi-task. I’m sort of proud of the way that I can stop and start and juggle a myriad of things at once. But I realized recently that interruptions actually pack a powerful punch to my creative writing productivity. I catch myself thinking, Well, I’ll just throw a… Read More »
I love this time of year for many reasons, not the least of which is back to school shopping. And I don’t mean for my kids, necessarily. I mean for me. Today I went to Dollar Tree and picked up a few items that I know are on the shelves there this time of year.… Read More »