My sisters and I gathered on Monday for our first annual cookie baking & decorating day. We made “undercover” mammary munchies {with oatmeal cookie dough}, sugar cookies in various shapes, raspberry pecan pinwheels, gingerbread characters, and chocolate-dipped pretzel rods a plenty! And lots of coffee & tea, but of course! It was a blast! {Except […]
The Fabulously Easy Christmas Centerpiece
I love an eye-catching, colorful centerpiece on my table. I especially love one that is fun and easy to throw together! Enter: the jazzed up poinsettia! All you need is: A poinsettia plant {or really any plant with large blossoms will do; think hydrangea, peonies or azalea for garden party arrangements} Floral Wire, or several […]
A Human Mosaic
It is true. I used to want to look like a clear, crisp glass vase. Pretty. Striking. Uncomplicated. Untainted by the chips and dents of a messy life. But I’m realizing that isn’t the image God is calling me to portray. He gets no glory in my apparent perfection, in my finely-tuned charade…. Read the […]
Dream A Little Dream…
For the past several years, writing has become more and more a source of a delight to me, stirring up both passion and excitement, and deep reflection and heart-naked vulnerability. I write as an outlet. An escape from the constant demands of this life. As a record of the little lives growing up fast before […]
Trim A Tree…Any Tree
They love adorning {and constantly redecorating}… every branch they can reach, almost as much… as I do. {And please, pay no attention to the spider-webs on my faux branches} I think it’s fair to say our home foliage is officially decked out. {For kicks and giggles, click here. I dare you.}
Snowy Days
What do we do with snow…? Why, we play in it first… {while mommy plays with the aperture on her camera until she gets the perfect shot …of a clothes peg. Notice the progression of background blur?} And then we bring some inside, throw sprinkles on it… and eat it! Then we admire […]
The Mother Load
Remember this little helper? Well, he’s back…and he’s cleaner & drier than ever! Yes, he’s all mine. No, you may not borrow my dryer ball. Er, I mean…boy.
Hope for the Holidays
I asked my mom what she wanted for Christmas. Her response wrecked me. She wanted hope for the holidays. Fuel for the fight against the human trafficking that rages full-force around the world today. Freedom for the staggering number of women and children, some as young as 6, bound up in the sex-trafficking industry. She […]
She’s Dreaming…
of a white Christmas.
The {Big Kahuna} Birthday Book of Love
I knew her birthday was coming up. Her 70th birthday, none the less. We’re not talking 30. 40. Or even the celebratory awe of the big “5-0”. 70. It’s huge. And I was gripped with fear and trepidation. What in the name of all that is good and holy do you give a 70 year […]
