I had a great conversation with a friend yesterday. Her life, she had realized with sudden clarity, was spiraling out of control. Her plate, that had once been just comfortably full, was now overflowing and oozing onto the ground causing pain, sleepless nights, illness and a general lack of balance. I’ve been there. Countless times […]
5 Things I Did For The First Time Ever in 2015
(huge shout-out and thanks to my friends at the Ultimate Coffee Date for motivating me to get my blogging booty in gear in 2016! Check out the link and read all the other great posts!) 2015 was quite a year. Not necessarily in all good ways, but quite a year, nonetheless. At 45 years old, […]
On Christmas and Moving and New Houses and Friendships
Let me start out by saying that I will NOT go over all the things that have happened these last few weeks during my hiatus from blogging. Because if I did you would all accuse me of being a liar and I would lose my credibility. Let’s just say that it’s been a wild ride. […]
The Real Estate Listing I WISH I Could Write
The wonderful place we have called home for almost 15 years is on the market. We are so excited about our move and we know we are right where the Lord wants us to be. And our new home is AMAZING. But before we can really move on, there is the little detail of selling […]
My Blessing Problems
I have a lot of stress in my life right now. Because I own one beautiful home in a safe suburb where I can worship as I please and have ample money for food and clothing and vacations and healthcare. And I’m moving to another beautiful suburb where I will own another great home in […]
On TV Pilots and Waiting and Fear of Moving and New Jobs
I am a huge fan of television pilots. Case in point: Parenthood. As we know, I adored the entire run of this amazingly well written, acted and yes, even styled, family drama. In fact, I loved it so much, I wrote about it when it went off the air and I was having Braverman withdrawal. […]
Why I’m Glad I Have Older Kids
My boys are almost fully cooked. This summer, they all have birthdays. The oldest will turn 19 and then twins will turn 16. We aren’t done and I completely embrace that. Still lots of conversations about how to treat women, how not to crash your car, why vegetables and sunscreen and exercise are important if […]
FitBloggin 15! My First Blogging Conference
Sometime last year, I mentioned to my great friend and unofficial blogging mentor, Stephanie Suire, that I thought I was ready to take my blog to the next level. I’ve been very happy with my little space in the internet world, but I felt like I could be doing more to grow my readership and […]
The Working Sabbatical – The What, Where and Why and the ups and Downs
I think I have come up with an original term. I googled it but it’s possible somebody has already come up with the concept, written a book, and spoken at the conferences so if that’s the case, please comment who it is so I can read their stuff! I am on what I am calling […]