Where Passion & Purpose Collide
This summer has been a delicious whirlwind of family and friends, sunshine, travelling and fun. With very little else thrown in. Hence the silence on this blog. Oh, I suppose there’s been food. There’s always food. Good food. which explains the squishiness I’m pretending does not exist around my midsection. But but’s another post for another day. We can hardly… Read More
A funny thing happens when you feel called to pour out your heart and soul, raw and unfiltered, on paper and offer it up as a broken prayer to an equally fragile world. You feel brave and courageous. On a mission and absolutely determined to hit the target, no matter the cost. The euphoria that comes from actually accomplishing something… Read More
Ever totally fall in love with someone’s heart, develop the sweetest friendship over time…and never actually meet face-to-face? I love those unique heart connections that are made in unlikely ways, triggered by an encouraging email or a business-related phone call from across the miles. It’s those sweet moments that weave two hearts together without groundwork needing to be established, and… Read More
Ever feel out of balance? Like a half-baked, multi-tasking failure? Hmm. Me to. While donning my wife hat, I strap on my momma bonnet and nestle on top of that my professional sombrero…then I attempt to keep my balance atop of this colorful unicycle of life, while juggling school and friends and church and laundry and work and play and… Read More
Hello friends! I’ve been laying low as I work out the final kinks in my manuscript and prepare for the release of my first book next month. I fluctuate between being giddy with excitement…and being absolutely petrified. It’s a wild dream come true as this book has been brewing for years, but with it finally done and my heart scribbled… Read More
Spring has played a most awful trick on us, as we came out to frosty windows and snow-covered grass this morning. But…the show must go on, so we shall be freezing our heinies off at the Detroit Tigers game tonight – our first one ever as a family – and will be hoping with everything in us that the excited… Read More
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome” ~ Anne Bradstreet Simply click on the calendar size you need below, save the image, then set as your desktop wallpaper: For large {1680 x 1050 pixels}, click here For small {1280 x 800… Read More
It’s official. Spring will be coming to Michigan this side of sometime. And there is much rejoicing in our household over this rock solid fact. Kids here and there have been flinging off their winter boots in favor of too-tiny flip flips, ripping out bathing suits and entering ice-crusted puddles with nothing more than pajama shorts and Texas-sized grins. {Don’t… Read More
Today – just because you’re awesome, and I’m awesome, and…well, in the words of lovable little yellow people, “everything is awesome” – you can get your hands on THREE fabulously fresh printables. Actually, I’m an awkwardly transparent, tea-chugging, font-loving dork. But that’s what makes me awesome, I suppose. Choose from: Turquoise 8×10 print Coral 8×10 print 2 Foldable cards :… Read More
I opened my laptop last night, after getting my kidlets settled into their respective beds, to write. Just write. Not edit. Not criticize. Not overanalyze every.single.word I type. Not sigh and slam close my laptop feeling discouraged and defeated. Just write. And drink lots of tea. This always helps. I tend to be an overanalyzing perfectionistic freak when it comes… Read More
Oh, you guys! I’m just so stinkin’ excited about life right now. You know when that stuff that makes your heart leap and your lips curve up and your eyes sparkle – that dreamy stuff that has bubbled just beneath the surface – which, I think is God’s way of preparing our hearts – starts to bubble up into sight? … Read More
I realize this post is painfully void of glitter and hearts, but I’m moving on, folks. Sure, there’ll be beet-hued, heart-shaped pancakes in the morning, buried under a mound of ripe strawberries – because I’m not getting out of a valentine’s day brouhaha that easily – but I’m forging into full Spring mode, with or without the permission of the… Read More
