A Grand Plan for our 30 Days of Thankfulness Drive! Will you join us?
*Just WOW! Y'all are incredible! Please note the update at the bottom of the post, and THANK YOU!* Welcome to our annual 30 Days of Thankfulness Drive. If you've participated in the past you know our goal is to come together as a community to live out our gratitude as we head into the holidays, instead of merely expressing it with memes and quotes. For close to
Thanksgiving kicks off with FREE Printables!
Thanksgiving! It's long been one of my hands-down favorite holidays, and I'm so grateful, no pun intended, that this season of gratitude has proven more resistant to the trappings of commercialism than our other celebrations. May it always be, right?! So, in the spirit of the season, I've created y'all a little Thanksgiving gift! PRINTABLES! I printed the ones you see here in heavy cardstock with a
Water for Thirsting Souls
I just downed a water bottle in one long gulp. It surprised me when the plastic caved in on itself. I didn't realize I was so thirsty until I started guzzling. And that, of course, reminded me of a story. Our son and daughter were gifted athletes. That's not an empty mama brag. The two of them excelled in a number of high school sports. There
Living Forgiving on the Heart Wide Open Christmas Journey
I'm convinced that God enjoys a good laugh as much as any of us, if not more. Last night was a fine example. After a long lovely day with family and friends, I plopped down in my recliner to jot y'all a note and post the next Heart Wide Open Devotional. If you'll remember, I wrote this journey for us this past July, and I've slept
Living Now in the Southern Quote
My husband and I had a toddler and a preschooler when we began to seriously consider having another child. For us, the timing was looking like now or never. We didn’t want to wait too long in between number two and number three. Our first two were close. We knew we would want that same experience for the next child, if there was one. After a
Paradise Ain’t Cheap
I took the following pictures a couple of weeks ago in Seaside, FL. You may remember me irritating everyone talking about my little writer's getaway at Escape to Create and how much I enjoyed it. This first one was hanging in the eating area of one of the little beach side establishments. "Paradise Ain't Cheap"-- I felt sure it had been hung there as an ode to