Have you ever encountered something that you just enjoyed so much and after sharing about it with your friends, you learn that you are years behind? That was me with The Book Thief. We were living in Wake Forest, North Carolina when I saw the movie. I remember posting a Facebook status about how I […]
Continue reading →After moving to Indiana in May of 2017, our little family of five just experienced our first Midwest Winter. Let me tell you, it was cold! The number of times we heard “Welcome to Indiana” was countless. I eventually learned this is something even natives say to each other as an encouragement to get through […]
Continue reading →I was watching TV’s new series, This is Us, the other night. I don’t usually get to catch shows that actually interest me. Most of my TV watching is spent on Disney Junior or PBS Kids. But I happened to get to watch this episode. I watched as the mom struggled to bond with her […]
Continue reading →I was recently having a conversation with my mom about an article we had both read. The article had noted, semi in passing, about a trend that was being observed among many Christian (usually female) bloggers. This trend is one of the messy life. And as my mom and I began to talk about it, […]
Continue reading →Dear Corley and Lottie, First of all, Merry Christmas! This Christmas, Christmas of 2015, you are 2.5 years old and almost 10 months old. It’s hard to believe.
Continue reading →She and I were never the best of friends while I was growing up. We didn’t go get our nails done together. We didn’t go shopping for clothes (she and I both knew Dad would spend more money on me if he took me). We borrowed each other’s jewelry, but if I borrowed her shoes, […]
Continue reading →You didn’t have to look hard to find her, Mrs. Betty of Bloomfield. She sat in the same seat every Sunday morning at 10:45. In the middle of the row directly in front of the sound booth. You would think she would be easily overlooked. She stood barely five feet tall, with her gray head […]
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