holidays Archives - Trading Ashes for Beauty

December 29, 2021

Two New Traditions

Happy Hump Day – the one right in between Christmas and […]

July 2, 2021

Thoughts for Our Country

This weekend, here in the USA, will celebrate our country’s birthday. […]

June 18, 2021

My Husband’s Favorite Meal

It’s Father’s Day week. Happy early wishes to all the dads. […]

April 2, 2021

Victory is Mine Because of the Resurrection

It’s Good Friday. Such a heartbreaking day when you consider it. […]

February 9, 2021

A Valentine Tag Revisited

Welcome to the week of chocolate, hearts, flowers, chocolate and..well, more […]

December 10, 2020

Christmas Traditions – Then and Now

My friend, Leslie, has invited (and encouraged) us to share ten […]

November 23, 2020

Twenty-five Days of Gratitude: A Recap

Just a heads up…a little bit of photo overload in this […]

July 3, 2020

Twenty Questions

Something a bit different for me today. Trista at the Classy […]

June 19, 2020

Father’s Day 2020

Happy Friday. It’s Father’s Day weekend. Although it has been 20 […]

April 10, 2020

Happy Easter – 2020

Happy Easter weekend – and Resurrection Sunday!! As I only post […]

February 14, 2020

I Can Be Grateful For the Hard Things

Experience. Today’s FMF prompt immediately took me to Romans 5:4… “And […]

I hope whatever you read here will be encouraging! Please leave me a comment. I so enjoy meeting those who visit this little space of mine:) By way of introduction….just a little about me:

I love mornings and Mondays (really, I do!) I also love Bible studies, missions – and missionaries – trail mix (of any kind), volunteering, and red-headed babies! I had two:) I love editing…grammar, adverbs, and excessive punctuation just make me smile! Almost as much as organizing! Organizing just about anything is my favorite way to relax.

A few things I could do without: bad grammar (ugh), road construction, politics, protests (clearly I live in the wrong area), SPCA ads, wasted food and…well, tomatoes. I can safely say I hate those!!