I have been wrestling with a decision for months. My blog, which has had some great moments, some not so great moments, and some crazy traffic moments, has made me a modest amount of money over the 4 years I’ve been writing. When I say modest amount, I mean my biggest month I had pay […]
Sitting in The Big Silent – Why Silence and Solitude Matter
I am in a place I call The Big Silent. Part of being me is an “all forward” or “all retreat” mentality. I don’t seem to have a middle setting. Sometimes I write and am on social media all day – I have so much to say and so much to hear. It’s an open […]
Because I am Worthy
I walked into the store because the boots in the window were super cute. And I needed new boots. But nobody even acknowledged me. There was one other customer in the store, and there were 3 employees. I picked up the boots in the front of the store and looked for a price and there […]
If Girls Ran The World How I’m Becoming an Everyday Hero for Save The Children
Most of us have seen the pictures and read the stories. Stories of sweet precious children washing up on beaches and being the victims of unthinkable violence. They are innocent victims of hatred and evil. And until now, I felt quite helpless to do any good. But last week, I started a team for If […]
The Car We Gave Away – After We Raised Our Boys In It
18 years ago, we bought a Suburban. Today, we donated it to a church so they could pick up kids for camp and stuff. The pastor of the church asked Scott to send him an email giving a little history about the car so he could share it at his church. Here’s what he sent: […]
Dealing with Irrational Overwhelm – or how to get the energy to unload the dishwasher
Today, Friends, I am a victim of Irrational Overwhelm. Irrational Overwhelm is something I made up so don’t worry if you’ve never heard of it. Let me define my new made up term: Irrational OverwHELM: the tendency to think, suddenly and without warning or rational explanation, that everything is falling apart, it’s all too hard, […]
3 Things To Remember if You’re The Parent of Teenagers
I have one young adult (20) and 2 teenagers (17) living in my home currently. All are male. All were classified as “strong willed” when they were young. They are charming, funny, good looking (if I do say so myself) and are turning into the type of humans my husband and I would choose to […]
Skirt Sports $75 Gift Card Giveaway! And A quick training update
Well, here we are, a mere 7 weeks away from the RnR Savannah! And where am I in my training? (for those of you just here for the giveaway, scroll down. I get it. I’m busy, too. But maybe come back another time when we can hang out for a bit?) Well, it’s going a […]
Exciting Things I Learned this Past Week
This has been a great and challenging week and I learned A TON. Ready? Here we go: Don’t eat sweet potatoes with brown spots on them. Even if you cut off the brown spots, the sweet potato may have harmful bacteria that will give you food poisoning. (this article, #8). You should wait 48 hours […]