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{My} Snow Babies

           {they’re my favorite frozen treats!}

The Kiddos

Garam Masala & Indian Apricot Chicken

I may have become disenchanted with eating meat, but I have fallen in love with spice{s}.  And spices with quality meat equals one happy girl! First it was cumin.  Then coriander.  And I’ve always loved curry {but hey, I’m South African…it comes with the territory}.  Now…it’s Garam Masala. We purchased a little bag of this […]

Food

How to Catch the Moon

To say I’m still figuring out how to use my new camera would be an understatement of lunar proportions. But, playing with shutter speed is proving to be quite fun!    What exactly am I trying to photograph here…{while making hearts in the sky}? Why, the gorgeous full moon, of course!

Photography

Revisit: Discombobulated

You’ll find a previous post of mine over at Inner Fulfillment today…

Faith, Guest Post

A Soapbox Moment from a Meat-Lovin’ Girl

If I wasn’t a South African, meat-lovin’ girl, I would seriously consider becoming a vegetarian {gasp!}. I pulled off our first official Meatless Monday yesterday with a rave review from my hubby and kids {they ate it…does that count?}.  Who knew northern beans could put on such a sassy show outside of a pot of […]

Frugal Living, Health, Keepin' it Real

Loin-Fruit Love {it’s Black and White}

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body” ~  Elizabeth Stone Cricket: “Mama…you are best!  You are my favorite!  I have fallen in love with you…and we will be married in the morning!”

The Kiddos

{Homemade} Granola

I’m addicted to granola.  Absolutely. and completely.  hooked. But I’m not a fan of the price. The solution?  I make my own.  And then eat ungodly healthy amounts of it with our homemade yogurt.  Bliss! {Divine} Granola                 Ingredients: 12 cups of old fashioned oats 1 1/2 cups of wheat bran 1/2 cup of flax […]

Food

Messy.

The vacation bag sits.  Unpacked. Totes still sit, in this corner and that, filled with papers, cords and frames without a home.  Sitting, since our move last May. Dust collects.  Colonies of bunnies abound. Handprints multiply on unwashed windows, giving an almost 3D appearance to the greasy forms. Dirty laundry piles grow outside of laundry […]

Faith

Hot Diggity Dog, He’s 30!

This is him, folks {the one not wearing sporty-monkey pants, although I’m pretty crazy about him too) Oh, how I adore this guy! My sweet babe.  My funny boy.  My strong man. The one whom my soul loves, my heart adores, my flesh delights in. The one who is able to see past my unshowered, […]

Marriage

Happy Day

Just checkin’ in to say… “Happy Valentine’s Day” {hope it’s sweet}

Complete nonsense, Photography

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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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