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Meatball Mania {Lady and the Tramp Style}

My little Bean adores books.  So naturally I was delighted when, just a few weeks ago, I was able to track down a family favorite.  A series my mom’s mom read to her, and that my mom then eagerly shared with my older sister and I: The Faraway Tree Collection by Enid Blyton. Just saying […]

Family, Food

When in Saginaw…

Why not try your hand at milking a fabric cow? Or sit on a giant tongue inside a massive set of teeth. Or simply serve up some plastic ice-cream! Saginaw may be one of the most dangerous cities in the Unites States, but I do believe we’ve found a sweet spot {in the shape of […]

Complete nonsense, The Kiddos, Travels

ATW Guest Post & Conference

Check out today’s guest post here: At The Well And while I’m on the topic of love, join me at the Replenish Your Soul Marriage Conference, hosted by At The Well, on Thursday, November 3rd at 1:00pm.  I’ll be speaking about one of my husband’s and my absolute favorite topics to challenge couples on…intimacy!  I […]

Designs, Guest Post, Photography, Quotes and Scriptures

Sunflower Love (Recipe & October Wallpaper)

Welcome to October!  Here’s a delightfully unusual sunflower from my sister’s garden for you. You’re welcome. For large {1680 x 1050 pixels}, click here For small {1280 x 800 pixels}, click here {just right click and save the image, and then save it as your desktop wallpaper} I just love the sunny disposition of the […]

Desktop Wallpaper, Food, Garden

It’s {almost} Boot Season

And it would appear that I am not the only one in this house who is excited to don them…

Complete nonsense, Cute Stuff, The Kiddos

Fun School Printables

We’re headed into our fourth week of school for our little lass and I must admit, apart from getting to spend precious time alone with my sweet Bug, one of my favorite parts of her being in preschool is getting to pack her lunch. I love it! Because I’m easy to please like that. And […]

Designs, Motherhood, Printables, The Kiddos

Swinging September Sun

As the temperature drops and the playful hours of the day get shorter, these little ones simply kick off their shoes and throw off their sweaters at the slightest hint of warmth and soak up every last minute of outdoor play. And do these babies know how to swing! {Bean, Bug, and their beloved cousin, […]

Family, Friendship

Rhubarb Sour Cream Pie

I must confess, I was a little intimidated when a friend handed me a bundle of rhubarb and my husband’s face lit up. He adores rhubarb sour cream pie.  His mama made it.  His grandma makes it.  His wife had never even laid her hands on rhubarb.  And we know how horribly things went last […]

Food, Photography

Excuses, Updates and an ATW Guest Post

Contrary to what a lack of posts for almost a week may depict, I’m alive and semi-well.  Emphasis on semi. Our wee babes and I are all fighting colds, a sinus infection and an ear infection {nicely distributed between the three of us}.  Life is peachy!  Speaking of peaches…our little tree is dropping gorgeous, juicy […]

Complete nonsense, Daily Life, Family, Guest Post, Photography, Quotes and Scriptures

Oh, How He Loves!

If you know anything about me, you’ll know how easily my inner-child is delighted.  It’s rather ridiculous, actually. I don’t think she gets out much, personally. Remember the time God scribbled a heart of clouds in the sky for my wee lass.  Woah mama. Well, He did it again…{while this photo does it little justice…this […]

Cute Stuff, Daily Life, Faith

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There’s wisdom in learning to let them, to releas There’s wisdom in learning to let them,
 to release control over what others think, say, or do.
But freedom deepens when we also learn to let Him,
 to trust God with what we were never meant to carry.

🎙️ New episode of Oh, Good Grief is out today:
 Beyond “Let Them” | A Deeper Invitation to Trust

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
We spend so much of life celebrating spring, the n We spend so much of life celebrating spring,
the new, the young, the beginning.

But autumn carries a glory of its own.

The turning leaves don’t apologize for their season.
They burn brighter because of it.

This is their Prime Time.

There is no expiration date on purpose.
No age limit on transformation.
No season where God stops inviting us deeper.

If there is breath in your lungs,
God is not done with you yet.

🎧 Hear more about my parents' Prime Time ministry,
inspired by the glory of the Autumn leaves, in episode 013 of
Oh, Good Grief | Courage, Cancer, and the Colors of Autumn
She taught me that the later seasons of life are n She taught me that the later seasons of life
are not a winding down,
they are a rising up.

She chose courage when fear would have been easier.
Healing when hiding would have been safer.
Freedom when settling would have been quieter.

🎧 Listen in to part 2 of my conversation with my mom,
Oh, Good Grief | Episode 013, wherever you find your podcasts.
Some seasons ask more of us than we ever thought w Some seasons ask more of us than we ever thought we could give.

This week on Oh, Good Grief, my mom and I continue our conversation - this time about courage, caregiving, and walking through the wilderness of illness without losing hope.

We talk about my dad’s cancer, the sacred weight of loving someone through suffering, and the quiet strength that emerges when faith is no longer theoretical, it’s necessary.

There is a kind of courage that doesn’t look flashy.
 It looks like staying. Trusting. Loving anyway.

🎧 Episode 013 | Courage, Cancer, and the Colors of Autumn is now live.

#OhGoodGrief #FaithInTheFire #GodWithUs
There is something sacred about watching someone r There is something sacred about watching
someone refuse to stop growing.

My mom has spent her life pursuing freedom, truth,
and deeper intimacy with God - not perfectly, but faithfully.

She reminds me that formation doesn’t happen all at once.
It happens through ordinary days, unexpected detours,
and quiet obedience.

We don’t become who we’re meant to be overnight.
We become, slowly, as we trust Him with our story.

🎧 Listen to Failure, Formation, and Finding Home,
 Episode 012 of Oh, Good Grief.
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Some of the people who shape us most don’t just pr Some of the people who shape us most
don’t just preach grace, they live it.

This week on Oh, Good Grief, I’m joined by my beautiful momma for Part 1 of a two-part conversation.

She has stood on stages, taught Scripture, and poured her life into others for decades - but more than anything, she has embodied a faith that keeps growing, keeps trusting, and keeps saying yes to God’s invitation into deeper freedom.

We talk about failure, formation, leaving home and finding it again,
and the quiet ways God builds a life across continents and decades.

Her story has shaped mine in more ways than I can count.

🎧 Episode 012 | Failure, Formation, and Finding Home is now live.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

#OhGoodGrief #FormationInTheFire #FaithfulStill
God delights in using the overlooked. The ordinary God delights in using the overlooked. The ordinary.
The ones who feel too fragile to carry anything valuable.

Pressed, but not crushed.
Perplexed, but not in despair.
Struck down, but not destroyed.

Because it has never been about the strength of the container.
It’s about the treasure inside.

God doesn’t wait for confidence.
He supplies presence.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #SimplyBloomCo
In the Gospels, a massive crowd gathers around Jes In the Gospels, a massive crowd gathers around Jesus, hungry and in need. The disciples see what’s lacking. But a little boy steps forward with what he has: five loaves and two fish.

Small. Simple. Not enough.

And Jesus multiplies it - enough to feed the masses.

God isn’t asking you to provide a banquet.
He’s asking you to bring what’s already in your hands.

🎙️ Episode 011 of Oh, Good Grief | 'What’s In Your Hand?' is now live.
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