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Christmas shopping can be overwhelming enough without the added difficulty of knowing the background of the items we purchase. Which…
Today I opened the boxes. The ones I packed over a year ago, when this new home seemed like…
I love a good challenge. I’m a natural goal setter, overachiever and list maker. But lately I feel like every…
I am a pretty low maintenance person. My makeup routine during my high school years was minimal, unless I…
Sometimes I just want it done. To ask for the room to be cleaned up, the fighting to stop, the…
About nine months ago I felt like I needed to get some counseling. I had come through a very stressful…
Wow, that took much longer than I thought it would. Things have been crazy around here for the last few…
When I say I’m going to do something, I’m going to do it, even if it kills me. Unless of…
Putting away the to do list, setting down the work, turning off the restless, racing thoughts that keep me moving…
Like most people, I think I became a mother feeling nervous but confident. I had been a babysitter, I worked…
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the different names of God that appear in the Bible, especially the Hebrew…
photo courtesy of Twinkle Photo I was recently able to share with my MOPS group some of my thoughts…
It’s the end of the year. When holiday sales declare “You NEED this and if you don’t buy it now,…
Last month I shared that our family would be embarking on a first time ever no spend month. I was…
I told myself this year would be different. I would be less stressed out and I’d engage more. But…
I spend money every day. You probably do too. Sometimes it’s boring things like rent, mortgage and utilities, or necessary…
I don’t know what’s next. At the beginning of 2023, we starting calling this our year of Jubilee. I turned…
