Hi guys, I am so sorry that it has been so long since I have been on here! Moving from the Midwest to the Southeast and then over to the West has been quite the challenging last 24 WEEKS! Add in my mother passing out and damaging her head and back along the way and you have full on chaos! We have definitely adopted the mantra of "I'm fine, we're fine, it's all fine!" HA! However, in the midst of all of the change, my family and I have gained a extremely frustrating crazy cool

I'm an observer. I love to people watch, figure things out on my own, learn by example... For nearly 10 years now I have celebrated Lent, or a Non-Denominational Christian version of Lent, but come on, that is not nearly as simple to say!! People always ask, "but you're not Catholic are you?" Nope. I'm not. However, this is what I've gathered in my 10 years on this journey of deciding what being a Christian looks like to me. Christianity, as people portray it in today's socie

Do you ever feel like things happen and they are completely out of your control? I had this happen to me the other day and it did my soul so much good! I took my state exams for real estate a little over a week ago and y'all I was SO nervous. On my way to the exam testing site I called a friend. She had asked about homeschooling her little ones, and I just wanted to call and chat with her on my drive to ease my nerves a bit. She and I had the most amazing conversation. We tal

I am a planner! I typically have Christmas shopping done by mid-late October. I have all of the Advent cards in their respective bags hung and ready to go for each day of December leading up to Christmas. I meal plan at least two weeks at a time. The list really does go on and on. However, this year, I am in a season of realizing that being a planner sometimes pushes the limit of being controlling. Yes, I said it... Sometimes I am controlling. It is completely unintentional,