Aren’t Friday’s glorious? The entire weekend stretches ahead, full of possibilities. Maybe I’m feeling extra happy on this Friday because it is 51 degrees instead of the 14 degrees just five days ago. Maybe I feel like the world is … Continued
I’m back participating in Five Minute Friday. That last couple of weeks have been busy. Too busy to spend much time here on the blog. But I have a surprisingly free Friday and am happy to spend five minutes thinking … Continued
It’s time for another brain dump for just five minutes. I missed last week (since I took the boys to Dallas to visit my cousin and the World Aquarium – which was awesome, by the way) but discovered this post … Continued
Another Friday and another five minutes to do a brain dump. This weeks prompt is Collect. Specifically, what do I collect as a writer? Starting the timer….NOW! The first thing that came to my mind when I asked myself what … Continued
You may think, by the title of this post, that I am comparing meeting Jen Hatmaker to heaven on earth. That’s not it, I’m not that enamored, just hear me out. Last weekend I had the good fortune to meet … Continued
What I learned in November has stuck with me all the way through December. I learned that each next step (be it hobby, career or life) can be made intentionally with the motivation of love behind it. Even the really … Continued
Earlier this year I started posting “what I learned” each month and participating in Emily P Freeman’s link up to share with the blogosphere what I learned. I’m a little late for September seeing as how it is already the … Continued
I’m not going to say that what I learned in July was that summer slips by really quickly. That everything is moving too fast. That I don’t know where the time has gone. We all know that to be true … Continued
I’m seeing a new trend all over the place…people saying “no”. Moms, bloggers, volunteers are tired of being over-scheduled and are learning to step back from all of the responsibilities and activities. For a long time I really resented all … Continued
Alone time – something that stay-at-home moms don’t get to indulge in very often. Let me rephrase that; meaningful alone time is something that stay-at-home moms don’t get very often. I’m alone for a few hours each day while the … Continued