Sep 21, 2016 | Faith & Family, FAMILY, Intentional Living, Parenting
Words. Names. Labels. Stereotypes. Close your eyes and take a minute to think about your childhood. Did one of those labels instantaneously pop into your mind from days of old? Words mark us, don’t they? They drip deep into the marrow of who we are and when we...
Jul 18, 2016 | Faith, Intentional Living, Parenting
Smooshed together in the back of the Guatemalan jeep, our four teens peered out the window, eyeing the edge of the cliff. I watched as our thirteen-year-old daughter clutched her plastic bag, just in case her stomach caught up with the velocity of the sharp...
May 10, 2016 | Home Projects, Intentional Living
Every day when we wake up, we have a choice and sometimes I forget that very simple, yet vitally important truth. We begin the day with new opportunities, new interactions, and new decisions. Many things in our day to day life are completely out of our control and...
Mar 1, 2016 | Encouragement for Moms, Faith, Intentional Living, Parenting
I’m coming back from my longest blogging break ever. I never intended to stop posting, but if felt so good. Taking a step back gave me time to think, refresh and refocus (although I’m still in process on that ;)). I’ve been writing and sharing on FB...
Feb 17, 2016 | Encouragement for Moms, Faith, Intentional Living, Parenting
With a song in her heart, my mom’s sweet little voice sang out. Relishing in the joy that music brings to the soul of a young child, her heart filled and was satisfied. Then the words came. Words that changed the course of that song. Words that still mock her...
Jan 25, 2016 | Faith, Intentional Living, Parenting
Shock and devastation erupted. The dreaded sound, which no relay runner wants to hear, permeated across the stadium. Ping. Ping. Ping. Four of the fastest runners in the world watched hope roll down the track. After an upset in the 2004 Athens Olympics, followers...
