I know I’m not the only one who wonders where 2015 went. It flew. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the last year. This certainly wasn’t how I planned or wished to commemorate the year through the blog,... Read more →

Despite the lengthy catching up I need to do that has been hanging over me all year, I want to try and dust off the rust accumulating on these fingers and stretch the creative muscles in my brain that, as... Read more →

Last week, Matt and I got on an airplane for a belated 10 year anniversary trip. Just the two of us. We’ve taken a number of trips as a family and individually since Brennan’s birth. But get this: it was... Read more →

This past Friday I joined The Gypsy Mama in her wonderful 'Five Minute Friday' series that encourages writers to write "without worrying about getting it right". We set the timer for five minutes and write freely without editing or over-thinking.... Read more →

This Friday will mark ten years. Ten years since I walked down the aisle towards the man who still makes me laugh till I can’t breath. It makes me feel old, that’s for sure. But we’ll overlook that teensy detail... Read more →

Whenever there is a moment for me to reflect on God’s faithfulness in my life, there are countless ways I can see how He’s wonderfully and purposefully interwoven details together that I could never have pieced together on my own.... Read more →

At night, when the sun has set and the dark settles in, it's when the knots come. Slowly they tighten and churn in my stomach, arising the demon of anxiety. The lists, used to being crossed off faithfully the last... Read more →

The clock says 8:15 p.m. The kids are in bed and the house is quiet for the first time since 4:42 a.m. this morning. The past week I’ve taken a stroll down memory lane, which always leaves me in a... Read more →

Good evening, dear Internet peeps! How was your day? After cooking for special events in April that left us with tons of of leftovers of the same food to eat for awhile and all our travels in May, I’m finally... Read more →

The alarm blared a little too early this morning. At 3:50 a.m. Dazed and confused, all three of us somehow made it intact to the airport where I said, “See ya later,” to my loves. They jetted off to Canada... Read more →