Happy New Year! Welcome with a Word in 2021
Connect My DaySpring word for 2021 is CONNECT. You can call me a nerd for doing the DaySpring quiz every year, I'm fine with this level of nerdism. I like…
Waiting for Stability – Guest Post: Mattie Givens
Mattie Givens writes at Growing The Givens and we connected at a blogger retreat last August. It was such a delight to chat with her and I am thrilled to…
Waiting for Sticky Notes: The Series
Flashback with me to the 1990s: New Kids on the Block and Best Friend necklaces were the raddest thing on the planet. The latter of those was imperative for survival…
Praying for a Future Spouse
I was not the "pretty girl" growing up. Which means that boys were not really into me. I was the sort of funny, sort of annoying side-kick that all the…
Jesus and Mickey Mouse
Anyone click on this because of the title? Sorry about that. I didn't intend for it to be a "click bait" title, it just sort of happened. While Jesus and…
{When} Octobers are Hard
Fall is my favorite season. I know that's super original. Me, like pretty much every other Starbuck's-loving, boot and sweater-wearing, mini-driving basic momma out there. It's always been my favorite.…
Promise of {Hope}
I'm cheating a little with today's challenge. This is a throwback to my very favorite story of hope. At a time in our life when I had no idea where…
{belong}
Recently I had a chat with my 9-year-old about 4th grade girl recess drama...who plays with who, who sits by who, who is first friends or best friends with who,…
This is my {Story}, This is my Song
There's something pure to me about a hymn. I grew up in church and had most of the well-known hymns memorized as a child. I can still hear the voices…
I Sang A Song – Again
I sang a song – again.I sang a silly song today, it went a little something like this…”chicky-chicken nuggets, cheesy-cheese cubes. Peas and car-rots, peas and car-rots, yum yum yum…