Is That You, Lord?

While studying this morning, I found an old, dried flower tucked safely within the pages of my mom's Strong's Concordance. The pet...

I'm finding blessings in the strangest of places. With my eyes focused on my Savior, what could burden instead fills my heart with g...

My heart is heavy for so many families tonight. All week tragedy has filled my news feed and blasted from my television. I lay down in...

"Why, mom?!" "Because I said so!" I replied. "I don't have to give you a reason. The answer is just NO....

Courtney Dirks (flickr creative commons) My last post, " Top Five Consequences of Poor Planning ," has inevitably led me to...

Setting this post up like our church service: Announcements first. :) I normally write for the Beauty & Fashion column for Blissfully ...

Like an unwelcome visitor, an uninvited stranger barging in, interrupting life, dragging bags of disappointment and unloading boxes of har...

If my bedroom or closet is messy (and they usually are) I have a bad habit of walking through with tunnel vision pretending like I don't...

Joining today with Gypsy Mama and a community of others to offer a spill about REST . Losing our football game last night prompted me to ...

I close my eyes and I can see his face.  I can hear his laugh and the shuffle of his old, tired feet in his worn out cowboy boots. Today, ...

(yet another lesson from mothering....) With kindergarten comes many "firsts." My little man has his first loose tooth . :) ...

After this chapter, we are halfway through our book study!  Although it has gone a little differently than planned, it has been a really goo...