There are so many perks to my life. We all probably focus on what's holding us back more than the perks, so I'm giving today a new s...

There's a chance this post will hold random interjections of movie quotes.  That was your fair warning.  Some of you that spend time wit...

I've yelled this word to my son at least six times tonight. I won't tell him what to do anymore. I just yell, "FOCUS!" It...

It's as if we don't understand the meaning of the word. Calm? Plain? Neutral? We scoff at ordinary. We don't even like the word ...

Yep. I'm one of those. But there is something in my brain that won't even let me think it. I still picture myself as a stay-at-home ...

That's the weird that has been my life for the past 20 days. Most (all three of you readers) of you know The Man was threatened with ano...

I don't think we ever really know what we are getting ourselves into when we say YES and take on a new task. I know I don't.  I tend...

Ever have those weeks you feel you need to spend a Sunday night gearing up? That's me.  I already know I have to make play dough. But I ...

I've decided only to go with the things that matter.  Tuesday lake day all summer. That matters. We brought a thrown together lunch from...

I was driving along listening to an oldie but a goodie. The story of David and Goliath. As I listened to an overly passionate man read the s...

I don't even have enough minutes to say all the ways.  This picture sums it up along with a quick story.  Yesterday the boys spent hours...

I haven't worn shorts for at least a decade. Probably longer. I'm not sure it's time yet, but I am willing to give it a try. ma...

Every week Lisa-Jo hosts a link up inspiring people to write with no inhibitions for five minutes about a topic of her choosing. Here is my ...

Maybe. I've decided I need some perspective. In fact, I need serious perspective. Tomorrow my husband may be getting a lay off notice. S...

Jennie Allen, you stole my heart when you said "let's crave God and run our guts out… let's get real…let's get literal...

If I had Dr. Seuss's mad poetic skills I would write you a limerick of some sort and share my feelings that way. Or maybe reenact a scen...

Do you ever look at a situation and suddenly see it so very differently than perhaps you have ever seen it, even though you may have looked ...

 START: So. I am over this way of life. There was a time when things would come at me, and I would deal with as much as I felt I could ha...

When I was a kid, my three older brothers wrestled ALL. THE. TIME. Seriously, it was their answer to everything and their solution to all of...

When you get to a place in life where you look around, and all you see are bits and pieces of what you think your life is supposed to includ...