Where Passion & Purpose Collide
We love to travel. Everything from our 2 week road-trip extravaganza with our kidlets this summer, to the 5 weeks my hubby and I spent gallivanting across Southern Africa several years back. But coming home, sleeping in our bed and relaxing in our own space, is always the cherry on top. Because no matter how much glamour we experience during… Read More
I love the change of seasons here in Michigan, and I happen to adore Autumn the most. The crispness in the air, the unearthing of blue jeans and sweaters, and the thought of delicious soups and chilis simmering away in the crock pot just add to the joy. I love it! The smell of change is hanging thickly in the… Read More
And, clearly, he’s ready for it. Our Bean starts Kindergarten today, and little Bug will be going to preschool twice a week. To say he is excited would be an outrageous understatement. Since getting his “poop in a group” – if you follow my drift – he’s been asking frequently when the beloved transition would begin. The day has arrived,… Read More
Our beloved little Bug, you delight your mama’s heart every single day. We adore you more than we ever realized possible…we wub you, to the moon and back!
Real friendships bring out the best in you. And, if they’re truly authentic connections with quality human beings, they will undoubtedly bring out the worst. I’ll never forget the time my best friend and I sat, puffy-eyed and frustrated, on opposite ends of my loveseat, allowing our disappointment in each other to bubble to the surface and our emotions to… Read More
Today you turned four. Even though you told your auntie ‘Poo’, who called all the way from South Africa this afternoon, that you were “something like 15 now”…you’re actually four. You’re starting preschool this Fall! And using words like ‘condensation’ and ‘moisture’ in everyday sentences. I haven’t quite figured out how you got here so fast. ‘Tis true what ‘they’… Read More
I interrupt your regularly scheduled lame blog post – about lemon pie – to bring you this rather important prayer request for my sweet sister who, to put it mildly, has had an eventful day in Botswana… My delightful {ambitious, intelligent, hard-working, compassionate} baby sister has been teaching, preaching and volunteering in Kigali, Kenya and Gaborone, Botswana for the past… Read More
{I heard these letters between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck read at the Ladies Day I spoke at in April…and loved them! I haven’t the foggiest notion who to credit, so if you know…drop me a line so I can give credit to this most brilliant lass} Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made… Read More
…from all semblance of self-control, whatsoever. I mean, just look at this cake! Who, in the presence of this scrumptious hunk of fruity, cream-cheesy goodness, would be able to maintain any sense of composure and dietary dignity? Not I, my friend, not I. Especially when it has your name written in blueberries on it. It’s like a blue invitation to… Read More
Meet the newest addition to our family…Marley Mae! She was a precious gift from a precious family…and we’re smitten. Even one day into our adventure with her. She’s delightfully affectionate, ridiculously well behaved, and deliciously sweet! {swoon} Welcome, Marley Mae, we’re absolutely thrilled to have you! {who knew an admittedly non-dog-person could so fast become a pup-lover?}
In case you missed it {or thought maybe I had vanity issues and liked to talk about myself in the third person}…my husband hacked my blog yesterday. He actually hacked it. Compliments of Live Writer. As a birthday surprise, none the less. He informed me, only minutes after I woke up…and minutes before he passed out {he works nights}, with… Read More
