Where Passion & Purpose Collide
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
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
One of my absolute favorite things about my husband is that he not only tolerates my quirky, tea-chugging, creatively-scattered, easily-delighted self…but he celebrates all that makes me different. He makes me tea every day, without being asked…because he knows it makes me smile. Okay, function. He fills my pellet stove at 1 in the morning, before going to bed, so… Read More
While snowmageddon appears to have passed, we’re still freezing our little heinies off up here in the Midwest. Our remedy in the McMuffin household is to throw some more logs onto the fire, huddle a little closer, and pour ourselves another cup of tea. It’s called survival. It also happens to be called liquid awesome. If you know me well… Read More
I spent most of my adolescent years aching to be someone else. Any body else. And while I can say that I’ve finally learned to embrace the quirky, awkwardly transparent, people-loving introvert I’ve grown into, I still occasionally stumble into that place of longing for the ability to behave or perform or create like another. I often struggle with comparing… Read More
I was so tickled to share our little “Mudway Makeover” with you this week, and as promised, here she is… Get your 8×10 Thanksgiving printable by clicking right here. *As always, please note that this is exclusively for personal use and is NOT to be reprinted for resale purposes. Feel free to share the link, pin it, or head over… Read More
