O God of all comfort, comfort my heart tonight. I wrote out the words to Ellie Holcomb’s song the other night and it was because I needed the words. I am a practical person. I like black and white. I’m not a “ride the fence” kind of girl. I am a let’s all play by the rules and I feel safe. I like to see the boundaries. I like to understand how things work and keep safe. But sometimes God…
One of my favorite memories from my childhood is playing “school” on Thanksgiving and Christmas. All of my cousins can distinctly remember this game we played in our grandmother’s back rooms. We were always on a “break” from school in real life, but we still wanted to play school. I’ll give you one guess who always wanted to be the teacher….yep. That would be me! I’m sure it is hard to imagine, but I was a little bossy when I…
Friend, let me tell you I’m a planner-loving girl! I love buying planners, I am in LOVE with organizing and planning….but that’s just how my brain is wired. In fact, we just NOW joined the Classical Conversations community in our homeschooling journey because I felt like it wasn’t very well “planned out.” {{Side note: It is VERY WELL planned, so relief here!}} When I wanted to run a 5K, I looked at a plan. When I wanted to learn how…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please see my statement here for more details. Confession: First of all, friend…..this certain Daylight Savings year has been TOUGH. That first night, let’s be honest, I had plans to go to bed “on time…” But then “Oh yay! An extra hour (not to sleep) to stay up!” It is so weird, but I had such a hard time waking up early after that! Before all of this crazy Daylight Savings Time, I had gotten into a…