Nothing Like a Little {Comfort} Food
Food is a thing for me. I love food "like a chubby kid loves cake" - I'm the chubby kid. {You can laugh, this is a funny.} Food makes me…
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…
Dude, Clowns are Creepy…{Afraid}
I am afraid of clowns. For real. They scare the literal pee out of me. My actual friends and family no longer taunt me about this and they recognize it…
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…
5 Kinds of Kids on the First Day of School & An Encouragement Scripture for Each
Some of you might be thinking, "If I read ONE.MORE thing about the first day of school..." I get it. You're either all in or covering your eyes at this…
Love with Two Hands
Finally. It’s just after dinner and I have a moment to sit down but not at the counter, or my desk, or the toy car-covered living room floor, or the…
Stop the Spinning: Simplify
My word this year is - simplify. Isn't it great? To me it sounds refreshing and clean, and freeing; like that time you washed, dried, folded, and put away all…
There’s Poop on the Slide: Confessions of a Work from Home Mom
I’m a wife and I’m a mom. I am also a work-from-home mom. For real. I work a real job from home, all while I manage my three children, their…
Thirty Days of Thankful…Wait for It
So, like a couple of million other people, I decided to tackle the month of November with the slightly-cliche Thirty Days of Thankful. I'm so glad I did! It is…
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…