Truth. Love. Joy.
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
Last week, I had the opportunity to road trip it to Kansas City with my husband, he had a business meeting on Monday so I tagged along. I love traveling with him especially when we drive. We have the best conversations, I read books out loud to him, and of course I sing OUT LOUD
Why do I do this, COMPARE? I haven’t written a “long” blog for a couple of weeks now BUT I know that this is what I need to write about. I know that God is teaching me something here and I thought maybe, just maybe, others could relate to what I’m experiencing. The last couple
Being a mom is, I believe, one of the most important jobs I will ever have. It is a gift I have been given, and I take it very seriously. This week in particular, I felt very conflicted with balancing work and home. Maybe it was because it was the first week back to work
I am struggling with how to instill in my children a sense of appreciation, thankfulness and gratitude this Christmas season. Christmas for my family is about celebrating Jesus’ birth. Sure, the presents are exciting and Santa is magical, but really it is about sacrifice, generosity, humbleness, humility, gratitude, love, affection and forgiveness. How, in our