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Balance & Butternut Squash Soup (Slow-Cooker!)
I know I’m not alone when I say that I love Christmas. The change in our pace. The expectation. The traditions we continue and begin. The extra little sparkle our house holds with white lights and a...
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How I met Noonday (and a SALE!!)
Several years ago at the Allume Conference, Jennie Allen brought a message that was passionate, winsome and engaging. But… I missed the first ten minutes because I was so distracted by her necklace....
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Why Knowing “God With Us” is Enough.
Snuggled together on the couch, her little limbs tangle with mine like January branches. She touches her nose to my cheek and asks for a story with a smirk. I check the time and nod— stifle a sigh and...
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What I can learn from my old bedroom: on celebration, change, and staying...
While the popping firework cannons sound the end of 2015, I’m bringing in the New Year in my pajamas with fingers tap-tap-tapping on the keyboard. I’m ending one year and beginning a new one in my...
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My 2015 in Review (the year that I drank a lot of coffee.)
One of my favorite practices is the monthly Share What We Learned link-up with Emily Freeman. It helps me notice and pay attention a bit more. The monthly recap is fun but the annual recap usually...
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What I Need More than More Time.
It has been months since I have joined in with the Five Minute Friday writing crew– and today I’m jumping back in. If you aren’t familiar with the process, it is a weekly writing challenge on one word....
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Dear Mom at Target, (A Few Crazy Moments Do Not Equal a Crazy Mom.)
I saw you there in the cereal aisle at Target. Wearing one baby, feeding the other two hastily opened goldfish to keep them happy for just a few more minutes. Your hasty top-knot had been rearranged...
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What I Learned in January
Ahh, January. You are a month of fresh starts and new planner pages. You move us from seasons of travel and busy to normal everyday rhythms. I learned a few things, tried a few things, and now.. I’m...
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Why Remembrance Matters
Remembrance of what God has done changes everything. In less than a decade of marriage, my husband and I have experienced two different seasons of job loss. The first was an eighteen-month wait in...
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Triggers and Grace
Way back when my knobby knees stuck straight out from my chair and my feet were years from touching the floor, I dreamed of being a mother. With my plastic stroller full of babies and one of my mom’s...
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On Slow & Steady Growth (and a brand new look!)
I have been blogging for nine whole years. Wait. Before you go search for my first few posts, just… please don’t. It was basically purple text and photos of a newlywed Lance and Cynthia at IHOP on a...
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Banana Coconut Flax Muffins
I can serve my children instant waffles like a boss. Slice up a few strawberries, dust that powdered sugar and boom. Done, and they are happy little campers. Most mornings that is exactly how we roll....
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What I Learned in March
At the end of every month, we join with Emily Freeman to share what we learned– both the serious and the silly. At the end I hope you feel free to share what you have learned with me. I’d love to know....
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What I’m Loving Lately
It’s not quite time for a what I learned in April post yet– but here’s a little bit of what I’m loving lately. The new, the old, and the noteworthy: The Ben Rector Brand New Album. We have over-played...
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On Being Good Listeners
We do a lot of listening. We hear well-meaning voices of input and take in respectful feedback. Let it loll around in our minds like a scrap of fine sandpaper— sloughing off and making smooth what we...
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What I Learned in April
Of all the writing and learning rhythms, remembering what we learned each month is at the top of my list. Sometimes my lessons are an “Oh wow, cool!” and other times they are more– “Oh yeahhhhh. I...
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On Pinky Pledges & Laying Stones
Amidst plates circling the dinner table and clattering forks following suit— I almost didn’t hear what she said. I might have missed it completely if she had not jabbed her petite pinky finger up...
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Quick Basil Pesto
This is the time of year when we trim our bright green plants and stock our freezer with homemade Basil Pesto. Because really, when it’s mid-January and we loathe that we’ve been cold for what feels...
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What Grown-Ups Get to Do (and a free printable.)
When I was eight years old I wore purple unicorn sneakers and yarn ribbons in my hair. I scraped my knobby knees jumping off the front steps to escape a lizard. I fashioned a reading nook with my Lady...
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What I Learned in May
Well. We made it through the school year. Look at us, we survived! Even if our schedules don’t change all that much for summer, we cannot deny a slower pace that seeps into our days. Around here, even...
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