Of all the seasons, summer is perhaps the most reminiscent of my childhood. Growing up, we always took big family trips, spent weeks on end at my grandparents’ lake house, and had an endless string of sleepovers with friends. The days were long and lazy and if there’s anything I miss about the past, it’s those simpler days.
Read More“Write what is true” I exhale at the keyboard waiting for divine inspiration to strike. But the truth is….I’m irritable and tired. I want to write something encouraging for moms in light of Mother’s Day that is also not completely cliche. I DON’T want to talk about politics (or hear or read about them for that matter) but if I am being honest, it’s what is plaguing me the most.
Read MoreI am so quick to surrender my joy because if I’m being honest, it feels frivolous and self-serving. Who has time to pursue joy when so much pain exists in the world or when I’m wearing a million different hats on any given day?
Read MoreI thought a fun, light-hearted post might be in order this week, so I’ve compiled a list of things that are making Springtime a little bit sweeter for me this year and divided them into categories. Some of them are products and others are weekly habits or activities.
Read MoreLately I’m realizing that it does little good to try to separate the light from the heavy. They often take turns swooshing through our home like a Texas wind storm, keeping me on my toes. Just when I think I can settle into that warm spot beneath the sun, those looming clouds roll in fierce and without warning.
Read MoreThe other day I came across an old journal from seven years ago. Thumbing through the worn pages, I was immediately taken back to a different time and place. Matt and I were newly weds and had moved into a 1976 airstream a family friend gifted us
Read MoreSeeing that Alyssa’s about to turn 30, I thought it fitting to offer a glimpse into the heart and soul of this lovely woman. Being her mom might make me a little biased, but if you know her you know I’m speaking the truth.
Read MoreSpeak truth…even if nobody else listens.
Read MoreI hit a wall this past summer. We were nearing the end of our 7-week stay at our tiny house in the mountains of North Carolina, which although lovely, had been a jam-packed schedule of manual labor projects we desperately wanted to finish before returning to Texas.
Read MoreI find myself having to continually surrender these desires to the Lord, not because they are inherently wrong or misguided, but because if I’m not careful I will find myself building up my own cozy little kingdom–exchanging my pursuit of the eternal for a cheap imitation of Heaven on earth.
Read MoreOur homes, though inanimate structures made of sticks and stones, carry life and breath within them. In a way they’re a lot like living organisms. They have personality.
Read MoreIt’s been nine years. Year one still carries the scent of baked potatoes and cheap apartment life. Of emptied change jars and afternoon naps for no reason at all.
Read MoreI have been searching for magic my entire life. That same magic I felt when I still believed Santa was real—
Read MoreI am going to share something with you that is giving me a lot of freedom these days.
Read MoreI can still smell the wet buttery popcorn as we usher ourselves down dim lit aisles and settle into a nook of four empty seats.
Read MoreFair warning—this list contains some unpopular opinions. It’s okay if we disagree. And feel free to share some of your own rules to live by.
Read MoreEver notice how life is a steady stream of good news/bad news? I thought about this yesterday around 5pm as a string of texts came through.
Read More"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. '" - Mr. Rogers
Read MoreOne Valentines Day seven years ago, I laid in bed trembling uncontrollably.
Read MoreI’ve awoken the past two weeks to the roar of bulldozers and the beep beep beep of construction vehicles in my front yard. It’s very unsettling.
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