I’d Have You Over, But…

Have you ever really felt like you needed to invite a friend or acquaintance over to your house for tea or coffee, but didn’t because the house wasn’t “right?” Yeah, me too. A lot. You see, I’m not what you would normally consider a “homemaker.” However, I’m redefining my definition of that word. You see, I’m learning there’s a lot …

Put Your Hands in the Air

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but raising kids is hard. Whether you have family around or not; a huge church or just a couple of like-minded folks; whether you have one kiddo or ten. It’s heart wrenching, twenty-four-seven, soul-aching-full-of-love hard work. And like most things that are hard, the rewards are almost incalculable. When that hard work includes shepherding young …

Fall, In Love

An endless path stretches before us, blanketed in a golden carpet of crisp, fall beauty. They run ahead, those three little ones of ours, without a care in the world. Laughter and squeals trail behind them on the air. Beneath our feet the leaves await us – they’ve placed themselves just so, just for us, you know. They sing out …

Stretching the Boundaries

Yay, It’s Friday! That means it’s time for Five Minute Friday with Lisa-Jo and her gang of friends! We write for 5 minutes on the same topic, and then we link ’em all up and share! No editing, no stopping. Here’s my take on this week’s theme: STRETCH GO I have always loved the Olympics gymnastics and figure skating. I …

RE-Connect

I love Fridays. You do, too? Awesome! Well, along with the myriad other reasons to love Friday, I love it because I get to hang out – if only in theory – with the likes of LisaJo Baker and some other amazing writers as we all get together for Five Minute Friday! LisaJo gives us a topic and we all …

An Epiphany…of Love

My husband and I have been walking through an epiphany of sorts, and today I’m sharing a bit of what we are learning over at Intentional by Grace. I’m sharing how I’m learning to be a better mom by being a better wife! I’d love for you to come join the conversation! If you are popping over from Intentional by …

Family Vacation

As you may have seen on Facebook, hubs has been doing a LOT of traveling this month. Well, we have some more traveling to do with work, but we all get to go this time!!! So, we are taking a few days before hand for a bit of family holiday time and we are so excited for some good, quality …