Drinking all the cups of coffee. Sharing all the drops of bliss. Creator of a cozy home & mama village.
I've had the best intentions to keep a "Friday Favorites" blog trend going, but alas... By Friday afternoon the week has usually won and my creativity is at an all-time weekly low. And while Mondays are there own kind of crazy, I stand a better chance this morning of writing than later this week when... Continue Reading →
My brain didn't quite emerge from its fog, as Abby appeared in our upstairs bedroom for the umpteenth time last night. My voice had lost its gracious "I'm-the-model-Mama" tone and taken on the "next-person-who-wakes-me-is-going-to-suffer-my-wrath" edge. Micah had already been awake to nurse twice, and my body groaned with the sheer effort of focusing on Abby's... Continue Reading →
A week or so ago, I wrote down some goals for 2015. Things like "run a 10K or half marathon," "make more time to personally relax," and "get back into cooking healthy meals." All good goals. All worthwhile. All legitimate desires. None, though, that truly echo how I want 2015 to be characterized. I want... Continue Reading →
At one point in this crazy last week, I sat down to find some quiet and renew my soul. Abby was sleeping a few feet away, and I was too tired (as I often am lately) to do deep Bible study on my own or to journal. My thoughts barely seemed coherent enough to speak,... Continue Reading →
I think it took me 3-4 days this week to make zucchini bread. More if you count the DAYS I just stared at the monstrous gourds on my kitchen counter, pondering what productive thing I could do with them and when in the world I would have the time/energy for that. I took the plunge... Continue Reading →
I think this blog will be undergoing a remodel soon. I'm not sure exactly to what extent, but I don't feel like it quite reflects who I am and who I am becoming anymore. Perhaps that is why I've struggled to regularly update it this summer. Perhaps not. But, I'm going with it... My heart... Continue Reading →
Just as I though I was finding some equilibrium in late June, early/mid July swept in with a vengeance to remind me of my weakness, my heartache, my emotional exhaustion. Apparently my physical body had recovered from the school year's fatigue just enough to make room for my heart to know its own weariness. Yes,... Continue Reading →
The sun shines brightly through closed-tight window panes. Prisms of light linger on my eyelashes, causing me to squint through the radiance of the wintery glow. I'm thankful that it hangs there in the sky, content to rise and fall, day in and day out, through meandering clouds. It's a symbol of constancy, a reminder... Continue Reading →
As a generation, we are not introspective - self-centered, yes, but not philosophically questioning. Somewhere in the glitz and the glam of social media, we've forgotten to evaluate who we are at the core of our God-created beings, but rather gotten very skilled at the art of broadcasting the pieces of ourselves that measure up,... Continue Reading →
Charlie Brown's Christmas' "O Tannenbaum" serenades my efforts to celebrate all that is precious, good, and . . . alive. Very alive. A frothy espresso rewards my nearly all-day cleaning and decorating efforts. Laundry done. Sheets and towels washed. Every inch of bathroom and bedroom cleaned and dusted. Christmas decorations dug out of storage and... Continue Reading →
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