Truth. Love. Joy.
We all want to be happy. It seems “happy” is the vague utopia all citizens of earth strive for but never seem to achieve. Well, I’m not here to relay a magic formula to achieve “happy” — that’s another post — but here’s a small list that I’ve come up with that helps my days
(If you received this post via email, be sure to click here to watch the video.) Each week I have a standing appointment with my friend, accountability partner, encourager, cheerleader — while we were talking and sharing “life” with each other we started to giggle…looking for our EASY BUTTON for life! Wouldn’t it be nice
This past weekend, I had the privilege of being invited to a ‘pickle party’ as my daughter would say. For many years now, a number of family friends gather at my godmother’s cabin once a summer to can pickles. These aren’t just any pickles, these are Marian’s pickles. I’m telling you, Marian (my godmother) has
Holiday Road oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh… Holiday Road oh oh oh, oh oh oh. Last week, our family piled into our car, and headed west. 10 hours west to be exact. We toured South Dakota for the next 5 days before we turned around and headed back the same 10
“Isn’t it BEAUTIFUL mama?” That’s how Zane described the “flower” that he gave me. What do you think? Do you think it’s beautiful? The flower in the picture to the left; it IS a flower isn’t it? He picked this flower just for me while he was on a bike ride with Rachel, our nanny,
I don’t get a chance to spend much time on the internet, but when I do – I have a few favorite sites and blogs I like to catch up on. One of them is Extraordinary-ordinary.com – a blog written by Heather. Leah turned me onto her blog a few months ago after she read
Its been several weeks since this happened. Every time I think about it, it brings a smile to my face. I’ve been wanting to write about it, I JUST haven’t taken the time………today I FINALLY am. Thursday, June 4th I was exhausted. My back had been out for a couple of weeks, I was slowly
Summer Break is here but I haven’t had much of a ‘break’ in the area of sleeping in. For the last week, for a variety of reasons, I’ve had to get up EARLY; I could REALLY use a morning to wake up without the alarm clock! YAWN!! I was driving this morning, at 6:30, heading
It’s the simple things. Sitting on my porch, listening to the middle school and high school kids laugh, scream, giggle. Soon, the elementary children will be home, and the neighborhood will be buzzing with activity. Hoses and squirt guns out of storage. Swimsuit or not, here I come! Pink shoulders from not remembering to put