One of the things I miss about the holidays is spending time with my littles in the kitchen….creating fun, but simple (always simple) treats to celebrate the occasion. My kids are grown. There are no more Easter baskets or colorful, plastic eggs hung from the tree in the front yard….but I still enjoy playing around… Read More A Little List of Easter Treats
Today is the last Five Minute Friday for this year. Not only has this link-up been a wonderful challenge throughout the year – challenging my thoughts and my writing – but the other posts have been encouraging, convicting and helpful as well. For those new to FMF, each week there is a one-word prompt and… Read More With His Stripes
Christmas fun is in full swing here. I am trying my best to be intentional and to really enjoy this Christmas. With that in mind, this post is the most random assortment of Christmas, of late, around my house. FUN VISIT – every December, my husband’s daughter comes for a visit. A long weekend, just… Read More Christmas – A little of This and That
I shared this photo earlier this week on my Instagram. It was given to me last weekend while I was visiting my 90-year old aunt. We were looking through a stack of photos she had stuffed into an old album. There were several of my parents, my grandparents and many of older relatives I barely… Read More Be Still My Heart
Off-balance. Out of kilter. Or, as one definition described it, “….in a state of confusion or chaos.” So much in our world seems to be off-balance. Everything from politics and popular opinion to sports, entertainment and current events. It affects our world, our communities, our churches, our homes, and our own hearts. If we are not careful,… Read More Christmas Peace
One of my first (or oldest) Christmas memories is not really “my” memory…but is a memory passed down over the years and shared with me many, many times. The memory of my grandmother’s Christmas tree. The tree my dad remembered so fondly from his childhood. Every year, my grandma would begin in November creating the… Read More Christmas Tree Memories
Without a doubt, some of my richest blessings are not only the time I spend volunteering but the friends and sweet relationships I have made doing so. My afternoons there are the highlight of my week! Yesterday, we took an afternoon trip to the Air and Space Museum. One of the other ladies in our… Read More Blessing Mix – 2018
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Two days later, I am carrying thoughts of the wonder of the resurrection with me. The cross. The empty tomb. The depth of all that means for a Christian. The defeat of sin and death. Eternal life and the promise of reunion with those that we love and… Read More Because He Lives
Happy Spring. Yes, it is sleeting and the forecast is for snow all afternoon and tomorrow but it is spring:) And the calendar makes official! Goodness, March is fickle and spring even more so but I am enjoying my bunnies (did you see a few of them on my Instagram?) and thinking towards Easter. I… Read More Butterfinger Cake
If you see me on Instagram, you know this week has been one of computer woes. Woes of the most aggravating kind. Still have not been able to resolve the problem – as in, have not been able to even unlock the computer:( but I did not want to miss FMF. The prompts cause me… Read More He Provided a Way for Me