I love sewing – playing with fabrics and textures, taking time to create something completely unique. I just don’t like KEEPING any of the stuff I make because, well, we...
Way back in 2016, I was struggling with the world. Random shootings, not-so-random killings, mean-spirited hearts, a ridiculously ugly political season, poverty I can’t undo and pain we seem to...
Updated 10/2023: Operation Gratitude is no longer consistently participating in this program, but please try Treats for Troops.I have celebrated a rebirth through the years: a rebirth as someone who...
In the process of completing my 200 hr yoga teacher training, I have read a LOT of self-help books. Truthfully, I kind of had a thing for them before yoga...
Last Christmas, somewhat on a whim, I mentioned I wanted one of the Cultivate What Matters Write the Word Journals. Please note there are affiliate links in this post. A...
As the world seems to blaze and blow, it starts to hurt the heart. There is so much need and so much devastation lately. The number of natural disasters has...
I was about 25 years old. I had started going to a mega-church in Washington, D.C. because my parents had raised me to and, to be honest, meeting good men...
There are so many ways to make summer successful for the family. From packing the perfect family pool bag to keeping their minds engaged with podcasts and puzzles, we work...
We had a short conversation about life with a parenting friend lately. “Yes, we are so busy and then I remembered it’s April! April is always our busiest month! When...
We’ve been to weddings in the Dominican Republic. We’ve stayed at all-inclusive resorts, driving past teenagers guarding plantations with assault rifles to hole up in a gated hotel while peacocks...