Vintage Finds
I decided to host Christmas for my family this year. We moved to a new home in May. I want to commemorate the first year in our new home, surrounded…
I decided to host Christmas for my family this year. We moved to a new home in May. I want to commemorate the first year in our new home, surrounded…
When the ornate Magi we read about in Luke Chapter 2, presented the Christ child with three rare gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh, what was the symbolization of each? Did…
I am very likely going to make some folks really angry with this post. I know this is a controversial topic, and I do not intend to go into the economics,…
Yesterday morning, I sat in a local doctor’s office with my son. He was getting his pinky finger examined as we thought it might be broken from a recent dodgeball…
I stumbled upon a somewhat festive Christmas tree at a McDonald’s in between my son’s two basketball games earlier this week. While the holiday decor and illuminated beauty of this tree did not go unnoticed, the fact…
I was not originally going to share this piece. It is not particularly flattering; rather, it is harshly humbling. Yet, as a writer, I have been encouraged, on countless occasions,…
Becoming a Mother is a mystical, magical, often messy experience so many women, including myself, are fortunate to know. It feels a bit like an elusive club, like the historic…
This morning I stepped on the scale. I had successfully avoided the brightly colored floral 70’s style square torture device for weeks. I was grossly offended by the number that…
It is only the second week of school and already we have dealt with massive homework meltdowns, inability to sleep (followed by inability to get up the next morning), drama…
I love Fall. I mean, L-O-V-E it. I love Halloween, school parties, the anticipation of my kids costumes and trick-or-treating on a cold autumn night, spooky movies on Netflix, hot…
I am a boy mom. Those two words hold a never-ending cavernous abyss of meaning to other boy moms. I have two sons. They are each other’s best friend and…
My family recently took a trip out West to visit the gorgeous Rocky Mountains of Colorado. I am not sure if it was the refreshing mountain air, the break from…