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What Is Your Yes?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 3, 2021 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As I watched my five-year-old ask me letter by letter how to spell the words for his card, it made my heart smile. “You are so brave to get baptized.” He was right. That was brave. My 85-year-old grandmother got baptized last weekend in my mother’s swimming...

Your Big Green Eyes Set Me Free

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 21, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

I went out to run this morning and Samantha came out in her purple pajamas to run with me. She hasn’t gotten the memo that I run for quiet, but these are the sweet moments when I am reminded to just run with the girl I thought I might not get to run with. I took...

I Can Do All Things

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 18, 2020 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Momming…most of my best ideas come from watching other moms and thinking, “Oooooh that. I’m going to do that too.” The simple, repeatable building blocks that we can copy and emulate…matter My son’s preschool teacher did this with her daughters – they would...

We Like To Be Together

by Kirstin Ricketts | Aug 3, 2020 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

We like to be together. Even the words make me laugh because we have all been together since March. It’s been a long time, and the uncertainty of whether or not it will happen again is looming. As we consider the fall, we have a choice to make, a mindset...

Capture The Simple

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jul 3, 2020 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

I figured that fishermen usually don’t catch anything anyway, so my kids were getting the typical fishing experience. I have gotten away with my kids fishing without hooks or bait for years. Over the weekend, our friends brought their kids to the cabin, and they can...

He Sees Me

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jul 1, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

I love Shirley Temples. When I was a little girl we would drink them with my grandfather, so on special occasions with our kids, a bottle of Sprite and cherry grenadine is the perfect fit. My older boys make their own, pouring the ideal combination and carefully...