Last week, we dreamed about what we would do to celebrate an extra day on our calendar. It’s just a thing of wonder to have a free day. A day where I can choose to do whatever I want. I [...]

Meaningful Beauty Meaningful Beauty. Repeat that phrase a few times. When I heard those two words paired together, I had to let the verbiage marinade for awhile, yet after I thought about it, I just love what it represents. In [...]

As I wrote 31 Days to Balancing Beauty and the Budget, I shared about the spirit of entrepreneurship and desiring to “write my own song.” Surrounding myself with verses and verbal reminders to see things differently and keep pressing on, [...]

Sometimes I forget the simple fun that is all around me. For our family, that simple fun is literally in our own back yard. But honestly, it doesn’t matter if you live in the country, city, or suburb, with the [...]

Last night, my twelve year old daughter made noodles for dinner as the entire family raced in five different directions. Fall sports season has kicked off, and two of our teen sons stood over the pot shoveling food faster than [...]

The summer sun still blazes, but those dog days of summer are over. My moments have flown, and yet I am not savoring any of them.  So today, instead of giving every aspect of my life a small, unorganized, unfocused [...]

Extended Family Relationships and How that Affects our Children A few years ago, my father challenged us with a 200 – year generational legacy plan. Well, it was really a series of CD’s that he had listened to, and yet [...]

I’ve had one of those weeks. A week when my big boys were gone for the week, and I had such HUGE plans; so many tasks and projects I wanted to get done. Goals, dreams, and a wonderful “to do” [...]