by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 14, 2019 | Family, The Blog
Oh, sacred mornings. It may be the snooze button or the tennis shoes sitting on my dresser staring me in the face: if I vow to take the best care of what I most value, how would my mornings change? As my two-year-old crept down the stairs at 5:05 a.m., bright-eyed and...
by Melissa Cheatham | Jan 13, 2019 | Children, Family, Home Sweet Home, The Blog
The days are full, aren’t they? Running kids to school, work responsibilities, sports practices, birthday parties, haircuts, piano lessons… the multitude of things that create busyness can drown our days in clutter. Do you ever sit back at the end of the day and...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 4, 2019 | Family, The Blog
Oh, the life we try to do alone. As my two-year-old, Teddy, got dressed today, he said his pants were too tight. In frustration he took them off, turned them inside out, and tried again, pulling them all the way up, still unable to button them, yet straining to make...
by Melissa Cheatham | Dec 27, 2018 | Children, Family, The Feed
One of our family traditions is to have frozen punch on Christmas Eve. This actually started when my mom made it for my sister and me, and now my kids count down the days until they can have the slushy pink punch. Really, we could make this on any day or for any...
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...
by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 15, 2018 | Faith Matters, Family, Recommended, The Blog
On our list of books on our bookshelf is one called the Divine Mentor by Dr. Wayne Cordeiro. The book itself is filled with valuable, I would even say life-changing, material… but one interesting thing he talks about is that other people can do 95% of what you do in...