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Who Do You Want To Be?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 7, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

My friend’s daughter is in junior high. Even the words “junior high” make my jaw clench a little. There are so many ways that it can go down…not all bad, just a lot of different possible directions. Her daughter said this week, “I offered to help...

It’s Your Turn

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 4, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Toy sharing. It’s often the first social issue we encounter with our kids, and it seems to be both feared and over-processed by moms alike. When we attended the open house for my first born’s preschool, there was one toaster in the play kitchen, and it was...

My Return To Grateful

by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 1, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog

I am finding as I choose to inventory what I’m thankful for, it extends the moments, making them last longer as I linger and appreciate them. Let’s return to grateful. Try taking out a little notebook and starting a list. As I notice the truth of what is...

Becoming Us

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 18, 2019 | All The Things, Book, Faith Matters, The Blog

If I was created to live life with my God as His child, then when I choose to live life on my own, I am choosing the life of an orphan, of one who has been abandoned. But I am not abandoned, my God calls me His child. On my son’s birthday, what if he looked at his...

Open It Up and Take A Listen

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 14, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog

Imagine a movie where the character could open a book and the text would light up, telling her things she would need to know for the road ahead, tips about how life works best, and the truth about herself. If the book were sitting on the table, you would be anxiously...

You Don’t Have To Go It Alone

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 11, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog

My son was a bucket of nerves sitting at the counter one day. We talked a bit more, and it made me think, “God doesn’t lead you to do anything that He doesn’t give you absolutely everything you would need to accomplish it.” I wonder if you need to hear that today as...