When the first of the year rolled around, I had a special word in mind for the year: enjoy. I picked it because I wanted to just enjoy this year with my children. They seem to be growing up so fast. I can’t even handle it! My oldest will be eleven this year. The moments are going by fast, as everyone told me they would. When I thought about this year I wanted to enjoy life in West Virginia for…
Did you know I used to work at a Hallmark store? Yes, in high school and college I worked at a little shop that sold Hallmark cards. It was called The Hello Shoppe. Don’t you just love that little name? It was teh cutest little store. Our busiest times of the year were Christmas and Valentine’s Day. No surprise there. I remember we would decorate with the red and pink hearts. Just a few days after the first of…
One of my new favorite verses is Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” I don’t know about you but peace is not something I find very easily. It’s not the amount of kids or the stress of juggling homeschooling and Christian school. It isn’t managing an online business, blog, and finding time to write. The circumstances in my life has always been busy. Last night I had…
Seven Tips for Writing Out Your Prayers Our garden last year was completely overrun. We had grand plans for green beans, green peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, and even broccoli. Unfortunately, we let it be overrun with weeds and failed to water it during the drier days. It is a sad little plot of land, barren and empty. Cultivating a garden takes work, and so does cultivating a prayer life. If we neglect prayer in our Bible study time, we might…