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Opportunity knocks. Will you let me in?
Opportunity knocks at my door this morning. Will you let me in? What will you do with me? When my car won’t start for the second morning in a row…when I have to…
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Flashcards in Action {a game for active toddlers}
Flashcards are an amazing tool to help teach and reinforce concepts like letters, shapes, numbers, and simple vocabulary. But if your toddler is anything like mine…you can spend hours saving, printing, coloring, laminating,…
- Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Home {one word for 2013}
I’ve had my “dreams and goals for 2013” post on my “blog posts to do” list for several months now. But when I sat down to start writing it a few weeks ago,…
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How I’ve grown and changed in 2012 {Top 12 posts of 2012}
2012 What a year! That’s the only way I can think to start this post. I had no idea what I was getting into at the beginning of last year. All I knew…
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Mission accomplished! {a blog transfer story}
Christmas is over, and I’m so ready for 2013. I took my tree down on Christmas Eve before we left town so that when I arrive back home I can hit the ground…
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Our Very Merry Christmas Card! (would you sign it?)
MERRY CHRISTMAS from my family to yours!! I hope that your day is so incredibly blessed with beauty and God’s love! So, I cannot claim genius for this idea, as I am totally…
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A Christmas Song for Military Wives: The Best Gift of All
The best Christmas gift of all is having my veteran husband home for Christmas - this post includes a Christmas song for military wives!
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Where “mommy blogging” meets missions in Panama
I was a young girl with big dreams. In my pre-teen years I had dreams of being a missionary in Kenya, Africa. I even had an African missions themed 14th birthday party, complete…
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Good and perfect gifts
Have I mentioned yet that this has been a great Christmas? This sounds vaguely familiar… Each day that passes that brings me closer to Christmas leaves me feeling more and more blessed. My…
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When “choosing joy” becomes selfishness
This Christmas season started off rough…Thanksgiving was simple but stressful, leaving me wonder how I was going to make it through the holiday season. I found myself decorating my Christmas tree in tears,…