It’s another one of those days. The ones where I was up in the night with a child who is…

  I went into this week feeling pretty confident. I’m starting to see some positive results from my consistent effort….

  Photo Credit: aqua.mech Flickr via Compfight cc   Are you even trying? So often I utter these words to…

  Week 2 This week things got a little bit more difficult and I was still fighting exhaustion and stress…

I’ve always loved to read. To me, reading was like magic. It opened the world to me. When we decided…

Week 1 After doing such long workouts in previous weeks, it was nice to opt for a few shorter ones….

Today was our first official day of school. As year round homeschoolers there is always learning going on around here….

My children have always been collectors. Rocks, pine cones, colored bits of paper fashioned into pretend clothing for stuff animals,…

Things have been rather stressful around here lately, but exercise is one of my usual tools for self-care. I’ve been…

I’ve been previewing a new book by Erin Odom (check out the preorder deals here), and it has inspired me…

  I am a pretty low maintenance person. My makeup routine during my high school years was minimal, unless I…

photo courtesy of Twinkle Photo   I was recently able to share with my MOPS group some of my thoughts…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the different names of God that appear in the Bible, especially the Hebrew…

Last month I shared that our family would be embarking on a first time ever no spend month. I was…

It’s the end of the year. When holiday sales declare “You NEED this and if you don’t buy it now,…

  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…

My social media feed is full of it. Moms lamenting peeing their pants and the belly that just hangs and…