Austin, Mark, and I just returned from a much-needed two week vacation. I chose to unplug during that time–I scheduled a few Facebook posts and blog posts so it didn’t seem like I disappeared. But in real life, I did. And it was wonderful. We started our...
“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” ~Peter Marshall
I first wrote about this topic two years ago and the response was so strong that I decided it was time to talk about it again. On the Sunday after my third grandchild was born, a well-meaning friend at church asked me if I was heading to Texas that week. I told her I...
“If we want to live a wholehearted life, we have to become intentional about cultivating rest and play, and we must work to let go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth.” ...
It was 31 years ago today that Mark and I promised to love one another for better or for worse. Of course, we had absolutely no idea what those words would mean from a practical perspective. If I had to go back and give my younger self some words of wisdom about...
“It is not the words we say that make a difference, it is power of God accompanying them.” ~Stormie...
We live in such a conforming society that many of us struggle with our unique qualities. And if we struggle with our unique qualities, you can only imagine how challenging it is for our kids to embrace how they are different from others. For uniqueness to be...
On Monday, I sent out an update on my cancer journey. However, it wasn’t titled that in the email delivery because two posts accidentally went out instead of one. If you missed the post titled A New Normal: Life After Cancer, just click on the title here and...
Welcome to all my Proverbs 31 Devotional friends today! I’m delighted you stopped by! Please take a minute to leave a comment and introduce yourself! Happy Tuesday to all my favorite blog world friends who hang out with me here on a regular basis! Please hop...
Last Tuesday I finished my radiation treatment. I. Am. Now. Cancer. Free! Surgery. Chemotherapy. Radiation. 8 months of treatment is now behind me. My oncologist, who I will now see every 3 months for the next two years, said I now have three responsibilities to...
“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” ...
Father’s Day is just days away and sometimes the best gifts you can give Dad don’t cost a dime. Karen Ehman and Glynnis Whitwer are two celebration queens in my life. They inspire me to be creative (or better yet, they equip me to be creative!) and have...
“God loves us as we are and not as we should be, because no one is as they should be.” ...
Today’s post is a guest post from my friend, Donna Jones. Donna is a favorite Hearts at Home conference speaker and author of three books including Taming Your Family Zoo, Raising Kids with Good Manners and her latest, SEEK: A Woman’s Guide to Meeting God....
