Ten Last Minute (But Still Sincere) Valentine Ideas
Men, this one is for you! TOMORROW is Valentine's Day! Here are ten last-minute Valentine gifts that DO NOT involve roses at 5:00 PM on your way home from work. 🙂  1. Chick-fil-A makes heart-shaped biscuits on Valentine's day. What! It's a Valentine's Day gift in...
Fall In Love…Choose To Stay
You complete me. Oh, Jerry McGuire. When we are looking for love, isn't that what we want? Someone to make us whole. To fill the gaps and make us feel like we are not alone in this big, crazy, scary world. So we look for the one to complete us and then at our...
February Reset
What is it about this time of year that brings out the crazy in my kids! I see rudeness and entitledness start to creep in and the way we communicate to each other tends to go downhill. Is your home that way too?  I would like to think that it’s not just mine. :)...
Love Languages Quiz
Valentine's Week can be tricky. If you're single, it can throw you onto the "Will I Ever Find Love?" train. Newer couples, you have to beat your loved one's last Valentine's Day. Married couples, the restaurants are crowded and cards are five dollars, so you end up...
You’re Invited
What type of invitation are you sending to God? Is He on your “casual get together” list? Is He more like a pen pal? You find it interesting to hear from Him, so you send Him a letter, hoping you will receive one in return. Maybe you invite Him to visit, to see a...
You Were Created
Last week I took my kids to see the new Toy Story 4 movie. It was pretty cute, but one thing that caught my attention was the new little character “Forky.”  Forky is a white plastic spork that came to life when little Bonnie gave it two google-y eyes, pipe cleaner...
Get Out Of Your Head
There was freedom for my mind and it started by getting out of my head. My grandfather's funeral was last month, and it seemed we were all in a bit of a stupor. The night before the service, my mom started sending me pictures of what she was going to wear. At first, I...
Broken Made Beautiful
Recently, I saw the most beautiful white ceramic bowl with gold intertwined in a random pattern within it. I learned it was the art of "Kintsugi," which is a centuries-old Japanese art form where they fix broken pottery. Rather than rejoin the ceramic pieces with...