It’s Christmas Eve.  9:00 a.m.  There's a breakfast casserole baking in the oven.  Folk in this house are still sleeping.  John, Rachel, Josh C a…

Just wanted to report, we have a Christmas Tree.  It’s our first real tree in many years.  Rachel, John and I went to Eckert’s Saturday, December 9t…

And he drove the trolley from the hotel to the Christmas Tradition ❤️🎄 [I’ve realized it could be challenging for me to maintain two blogs, because…

My words will never be more important than His word(s) Maybe my words can be a reflection of His... I want to guard very carefully, the motivation I …

This is going to sound crazy, but it won’t matter because I’ll be the only one that ever reads it most likely.  (Besides maybe Sarah). I’m a writer, …

Delilah Rose.  That’s her name.  She is beautiful.  She is healthy.  She is precious.  Welcome to the family little Lila.  She may have a lot of nick…

I don’t know what it is lately with the number 12, but it seems to roll of my lips pretty regularly. :-) I’m trying to do a lot of things; de-clutter…

This is where I’ll start.  Two of my best encouragers have pointed in the direction of daily devotions.  I’m not even sure how that looks... but I’ve…

There was a girl who wanted to write and write and write and write some more. It was her therapy when things were tough and her release when things w…

I’m not talking about who I love most here - I’m talking about recognizing some truths about myself and the things about my life and my situation tha…

I'm not sure I'm the crafty type, seriously.  There are things I like to do, but I have to be in the mood for them.  My mom would be the firs…

I'm at the kitchen/dining room table doing my normal morning routine.  A little later than usual because it is Saturday after all. Always looking…

If you want to create a new habit, one of the first things you must do is decide to suit up and show up.  Be prepared to do the work. Mornings are my…

I love the moments, however brief and elusive they might be, when my mind can wrap itself around the truth of the freedom that Jesus gave me when he …

...that my nickname is Sam?  Why would you know, unless you are a RL friend - you know "real life" friend.  But yeah, it is, and I prefer i…

Do you ever have days when you just can't seem to get any traction?  You know, there's a list a mile long of the things you 'could' d…

I suppose that would be because today was the first day back to work for John and the first day of the new school year for our youngest.  It's he…

This is an easy one - don't choose 404 :-) Below list a work-in-progress *Electrical issues *No Router *Water went out *Elevator not in service f…

Recently I've been hanging my thoughts and ideas on a maxim that I've mentioned a couple times in other posts. I have tried to define my desi…

"Get busy living, or get busy dying" "Dance while there's still music, live while there's still life" These are just a c…

Some days I wake up and it feels like I've traveled to another dimension.  Not really, but I do often feel like I have scrambled brains.  Today w…

I've been thinking about using themes here for my writing.  Something like Monday madness or Mundane Monday, Terrible Tuesday - don't really …

... maybe.  I heard this a lot when I was younger.  I think it's true no matter how old you are.  If you're lucky enough to wake up tomorrow,…

It's good to feel exhausted, if you know you've been productive with your time for the day.  I like falling into my bed at night knowing I…

I've said it so many times I've lost count.  I am an emotional magnet.  But today's reading in More Language of Letting Go makes me think…

Last night we went to dinner at Bonefish Grill.  First, just let me say, "YUM!" Trying to get out of our slump  comfort zone, John and I hav…

...that my nickname is Sam?  Why would you know, unless you are a RL friend - you know "real life" friend.  But yeah, it is, and I prefer i…

That's what I'm choosing to call you, for now.  I have to take a moment to write just a little something about our day.  It's July 4th.  …

It's about relationships.  That's what we keep hearing, isn't it?  I totally agree, it is certainly about relationships.  What we don'…

Do you ever feel like that's what you're in?  Some days...  You know, when you can't seem to find 12 minutes to sit down and do one littl…

In the past six years I have worked conscientiously toward de-cluttering our home.  It's been done in fits and spurts.  There have been days and …

Time moves quickly and slowly all at once.  I can't believe it's the last day of April already, but at the same time I can't believe it&#…