Uncategorized On Boredom and Parenting and Why I’m Giving Up My Smart Phone 3 Mar 2015 If I told you that I was giving up my smart phone, you’d probably think it was a temporary action for Lent. But I don’t do Lent. And I don’t…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin To Kill the Mockingbird 22 Apr 2014 I am content. Never in my life have I been so happy and at peace and full of what I'll call "easy" joy. Being a stay-at-home wife and (now) mom…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin An Attitude of Intrigue 16 Dec 2013 A friend recently posted about a job opportunity she was excited about, and how it had fallen through. Her attitude towards the situation was one of peace and "patient endurance",…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin August Rain 15 Aug 2013 I haven't updated in awhile, and I really don't know where to start. Sometimes God teaches me so many lessons at once, it's hard to break into bite-sized pieces. Currently I'm…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin The Importance of “Being” 22 Jun 2013 "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." (Kathryn Stockett, The Help) Many of us don't feel important. We might feel smart on occasion, and perhaps someone will comment…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin This Little Light of Mine 21 Jun 2013 Clothes. I have a love/hate relationship with them.I wear them because they’re morally necessary, but I hate the guilt that accompanies when I wonder if I should look “better” in…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin Abandoned Amazement 19 Sep 2012 I am attempting to suppress an urge: an urge to begin this post with this: HAVE WE LOST OUR AMAZEMENT OF GOD? I guess I failed. Typically I prefer to ease…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin Taste of Home 10 Aug 2012 (Spoiler: If you clicked on this title hoping for a culinary article, you might be disappointed. Otherwise, proceed.) This year has been saturated with weddings and funerals. I mean, I…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin Nightmare Reality 20 Sep 2011 The nightmare replays Over and over I didn't want to watch it But I knew I must My mouth was buried in my pillow But my eyes fully opened -…
the corkboard with a huge pushpin Now Choose Life 26 Jun 2010 This is a passage I haven't read in a very long time...but I plan to commit to memory now. See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and…
