Happy September, Everyone! I don’t know about you, but there is something about September that makes me want to pull out my cozy sweatshirts, my fun sweaters, my trendy boots, AND my crockpot. Okay, I know I probably had you until I mentioned crockpot. I admit, it’s kind of strange to include that in with […]

It happens every year. The knot in my throat. The pit in my stomach. The big hugs and “I love you” as she slowly walks into her new classroom—all the while glancing back for my reassurance, all the while taking a huge piece of my heart. One would think I would have adjusted by now, […]

  It felt like time stood still as the past and the present intersected in a glorious moment that took my breath away. So many thoughts and so many emotions filled my heart as I watched my daughter sing her very first solo on the very same stage where it all began for me when […]

What is wrong with me? Why can’t I just relax?  Have you ever asked yourself these questions? Maybe it’s just me, but I sure have. In fact, a recent family vacation forced me to deal with this issue head on in a very unexpected way. We had been very graciously given a 3 night getaway […]

There comes a point in life, a fork in the road if you will, when belief beckons us to choose between passionately living by our convictions or passively going with the flow of the culture around us. One such intersection of belief and conviction happened just last week for my husband and me. Out of […]