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Change My Gaze

by Kirstin Ricketts | Dec 24, 2018 | Beauty & Health, Featured, The Blog

As I drove to the gym this morning, it was snowing…hard. I could barely see where the road was because no plows had made it out to the country roads yet. Carefully I crept along, thinking maybe I should turn back. But winter has just begun, and I can’t start the...

Listen…Repeat…Recenter

by Kirstin Ricketts | Dec 21, 2018 | Beauty & Health, Featured, Popular, The Blog, This Is Life

There is beauty in the days that screech to slow. I woke up in the middle of the night. My daughter had crawled into our bed and squished between her and my husband; I couldn’t sleep. I put her back to bed and scrolled through a little social media, running across...

The Gift

by Kirstin Ricketts | Dec 12, 2018 | Beauty & Health, Family, Featured, Popular, The Blog

Our kids received a calendar designed to spread kindness; one activity was to tape change to a vending machine, and the kids were all excited as they taped up the money. We watched in hopeful anticipation for a few minutes and then Samantha decided that we better add...

There is a Love that is Compelling

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 19, 2016 | Beauty & Health

I attended a week of pizza school. I can spread pizza sauce like nobody’s business. I honestly think my children believe graduating this course is one of my life’s most significant achievements, and who knows, it does come in handy. To these children of mine, I...