If you’ve been watching my social media this week- you’ve seen the endless amounts of squirrel photos I’ve been posting. We’ve been snowed in twice, so I just started throwing bird seed on our back deck. And to my son’s and my delight- we’ve watched […]
‘The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.’ Exodus 14:14 Be still. What does it mean to be still? Especially in today’s society, I think we’ve lost the ability to be still. To get bored. To let our minds wander. We […]
I’ve shared my struggle with anxiety a lot over the past few years. It is a daily struggle for me. Sometimes it leaves me alone for weeks or months- but then it rears its ugly head and sinks its nails in. Then it’s back for […]
Motherhood is funny. You spend so many hours in the thick, muck of it. So many sleepless nights and endless dirty diapers. Thousands of books read and songs recited over and over again. Times when you can’t even recognize yourself in the mirror because the […]
Let’s face it- as Mom’s we rarely get a moment to ourselves. And when we do, the first thing on our mind isn’t usually taking care of ourselves. But, we need to change that. We’ve got to start focusing a little bit of our attention […]
Does anyone get overwhelmed by all the choices available to us? I mean, who has ever decided they wanted to watch a movie? Then, spent an hour (or more!) searching hundreds of channels, On Demand, Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon and more- only to give up […]
My current setup is me on my laptop, on my outdoor dining table on my back deck. Birds are singing. The breeze is blowing. I can see chipmunks, squirrels, cardinals, woodpeckers, rabbits, robins, and a various assortment of finches from where I sit. I can […]
Every day on Instagram stories I’ve been sharing my #verseoftheday to help keep me accountable in my Bible reading. Yesterday’s verse was- “The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Words I often have to repeat to myself. When chaos comes […]
I read posts about being intentional ALL OF THE TIME. Intentional parenting. Being intentional in your marriage. With your job. But, something I realized I have totally slacked off on, and probably the most important one- my spiritual walk, has been suffering. I’ve slacked way […]
I’ve been having this thought a lot lately: In a world where there are literally hundreds- maybe thousands of ways to connect, why are there so many lonely Moms? Sometimes myself included! Why is authentic connection so hard to find? Is it because instead of […]
