Category: Daily living

Catching up on my reading list means book reviews and recommendations for you! Here are three of my new favorite reads. The great thing is, there’s something in this collection for every woman, no matter what stage of life you are in!

Here are some of the beautiful, wonderful things God has orchestrated throughout 2020. Sometimes all it takes to turn our hearts to the Lord in praise is a little change in perspective. Here’s my perspective shift: after all, hindsight is 20/20.

If you don’t think you’ve got a pride problem, perhaps that’s the first sign that you do. Maybe you’re like me. I wasn’t one of those kids that did a victory dance when I won a game. I didn’t trash-talk others during sports. And although I DO have a competitive streak (watch out if you…

Sometimes the past is about what’s ahead.      That was my 2019. It wasn’t much of a year in and of itself—it’s really mostly a blur. Maybe you’ve had a year like that too. Let me explain.       If I could go back and visit the January 1, 2019 version of myself, in order to impart some…

In the market for a new study Bible? Check out this latest offering from Thomas Nelson! (This post contains an affiliate link). Book Info: Thomas Nelson NKJV Study Bible, Full Color Edition is a Nov. 20, 2018 release—just in time for a new year of Bible study! It is a full-color study Bible, with notes…

Ahh Christmastime! Tis the season for frost-covered mornings and cozying in by the fireplace; for leaving behind yard work and tucking in for puzzles and books and board games; for saying goodbye to sweet tea and sipping warm peppermint mocha while wearing fuzzy slippers. And who could forget—tis the season to give! But alas, gift…

Mmmm. Pie—my dessert of choice. It’s hard to get much better than a warm piece of homemade strawberry-rhubarb pie a la mode. It’s that perfect combination of sweet and tart, warm and cold. But I’m not the only one obsessing over this dessert. At our local county fair there were recently hundreds of entries in…

Fat teardrops were gathering on her lashes, threatening to run down her cheeks while her red-rimmed eyes betrayed her emotion. This wasn’t at all normal for her. She was my pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, git ‘r done girl. She was the one who painted the foundation of our house at six years old with a toothy grin, exclaiming,…

We are reaching high levels of cabin fever at my house. Dangerously high. Playing nicely is at an all-time low and bickering is up 500%. It is Mid-March in Ohio and six pairs of little feet cannot wait to run barefoot in the cool green grass of spring. The novelty of hot cocoa, snowmen, icicles,…