Yesterday, I decided to buy Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts. This decision was an act of desperation; one spurred by five days of post wedding blues. You know the kind, those uncomfortable times of silence and soul ache that occur after being surrounded by family and friends in a festive atmosphere. Yesterday, my mother mentioned how much our …
I’m in Love With Vietnam
In this post, my daughter reflects back on her time in this amazing country. If you've got a bit of wanderlust in you, I know you will greatly appreciate her photos and thoughts: I am in love. I am in love with a country, a place, a memory distant in time but fresh in my mind. …
Rusty Springs Highlight Tea Cups as Floral Centerpieces
If you’re a tea party lover and/or hostess, then these unique tea cup centerpieces with rusty springs will provide a fun way to create a unique centerpiece for your table. You can cut the bed coils out of an old mattress and set them in water. Place the coils outside and let the weather rust …
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Give me the Gift of Time
Recently, my brother-in-law and I shared our birthdays during the set up for my stepson and his fiancé’s wedding. Jason and Laura bought us a luscious chocolate cake, and everyone gathered around to sing “Happy birthday to you.” My husband, children, and family were so concerned that my birthday received its due in the midst of …
A Life of Adventure vs A Life of Stability
My daughter's honest mental wrestling with living a life full of adventure versus one cradled with stability hones in something that many of us struggle with. Whether we are drawn to travel or the excitement of a new hobby, her post propels the reader towards his or her quest: “For my part, I travel not to go …
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Ambition: Slaying the Swine of Willfulness
Ambition struggles with restraints like a squealing pig strapped to the altar of reality. We’re just not that important in ways we want to be and extremely so in ways we never dreamed we’d be. So we regularly have to slay our dreams of grandeur so we can live a life pleasing to our Creator. Recently, …
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Qué Viva España! Remembering Spain with Love
A young woman reflects on her first experience traveling abroad.
The God of my Own Design
I believe there are scriptural absolutes. I’m also quite certain that my perspective on those absolutes is skewed at times. Perhaps this is because I live in a politically correct world in which truth is strained through the sieve of human understanding until all of the uncomfortable chunks are removed and what’s left is more palatable. And …
A Life Cleanse
“I need a life cleanse.” My sister’s words caught my attention. Our discussion had begun with the topic of juice cleanses to eliminate body toxins, and then we’d moved on to removing obstacles to our creativity. Both of us had found ourselves drowning in a sea of requests, events, and requirements. We’d complained about the …
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