Time is just time, but it does move by and events transpire. Breaths are taken. There are sunrises and sunsets. Moons wax and wane. Pages flip in a calendar. Kyle and Ashley go on a date. Brooklyn takes a picture. Sheets are changed. Clothes are dirtied and washed. Meals are made. Groceries are bought. Check books are balanced. Books are begun and finished....Read More

I'm a Plan A kind of girl. I prefer things going the way I wanted them to. The funny thing is that my life has pretty much played out according to Plan B. Everything I would have told you I'd be doing 15 years ago, well, I'm pretty much doing the opposite of that. And I have found Plan B to be awesome....Read More

I took this picture last week the same day as my previous post. It sort of put the wheels to those words of faith in living, you know? Lord, make me a blessing to you while I tackle mounds of laundry! And fold the mounds already tackled! But amidst those daily chores, there are the sweet faces of my sleeping children. (Notice the...Read More

I am currently reading a very small book I checked out from the library called  The Practice of the Presence of God (with Spiritual Maxims) by Brother Lawrence. Born Nicholas Herman in the Lorraine region of France in 1611, he later took the name Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection when he joined the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Paris as a Carmelite...Read More

I've been texting back and forth this afternoon with one of my best friends, Emily. We resort to texting because neither of us has much time for long phone chats. And when we can find time to really talk and catch up, it takes some time. And neither of us really enjoys talking on the phone. We prefer face to face visits when...Read More