• Mar. 17th, 2014 Finishing Is Hard

    It’s finished. Well…for the most part. Nine weeks and two days after the pipes burst (that’s 65 days folks – not that I’ve been counting or anything), the construction has been completed.  I’m ecstatic. I’m also exhausted, and a bit apprehensive, because there is still so much to do. Oh, the construction is finished. The [ read more ]

  • Mar. 9th, 2014 It Snowed on My Renovation

    It snowed on my renovation. Twice. I live in South Carolina. This kind of winter weather occurs maybe once a decade. But just let my house get torn apart, let me be waiting for paint and granite, let me get to a point where people are watching me for signs of imminent implosion, and then, [ read more ]

  • Feb. 21st, 2014 Because the Second Half is Exhausting

    I love figure skating. It’s one of my favorite parts of the Winter Olympics, right up there with curling, because let’s face it, curling is cool. Anyway. Figure skating has seen its share of drama, some of which led to a complete overhaul of the scoring system a few years ago. Now, the skater sits [ read more ]

  • Jan. 17th, 2014 Every Good and Every Perfect Gift

    I saw it in his eyes. The flash of confusion followed hard by disappointment. His five-year-old heart sank as he examined the new Lego Fire Truck complete with firemen, hoses, and a house with the roof ablaze. He looked at me and my heart melted when he said, so low I could barely hear him, [ read more ]

  • Jan. 12th, 2014 No One To Trust by Lynette Eason

    There are only a handful of authors whose books shoot to the top of my to-be-read pile as soon as they become available. Lynette Eason is one of those authors. No One To Trust is the first novel in her new Hidden Identity series. I was a little sad to say goodbye to the characters in the Deadly Reunions Series [ read more ]

  • Jan. 2nd, 2014 Let Him Decide Where to Put You

    Several years ago, my dad made a beautiful mirrored coat rack. I had the perfect wall for it and it hung in a place of prominence in my home where it received oohs and ahhs from friends, family, and guests. Then we moved. Our new home has an open floor plan with short walls. Most [ read more ]

  • Dec. 12th, 2013 Messed up, Broken, Crazy, Family

    I love this time year. LOVE.IT. As a kid, it was all about the presents. OK. It still is, a little. But as an adult, I’ve come to appreciate the weeks leading up to Christmas. The time that is commonly referred to as Advent. Last year, I made Jesse Tree ornaments and placed them on a [ read more ]

  • Nov. 27th, 2013 Aloha Rose and Carolina Reckoning

    Anyone else feel like the holiday hustle began right after Halloween this year? It’s been CRAZY at my house.  But, you know me. I’ve always got time to read a good book. Or two! And I want to share them with you. I met Lisa Carter in 2010 at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference , before she had an agent, or [ read more ]

  • Nov. 17th, 2013 a million little ways – uncover the art you were made to live

    We all make art in A Million Little Ways. Yes, you do, too. Even if you don’t think of yourself as artistic or creative, after reading Emily P. Freeman’s latest offering, you’ll view everything you do in a new light. Because “art is what happens when you dare to be who you really are.” (p. [ read more ]

  • Nov. 12th, 2013 God Wants Me To Be A Bay Leaf

    God wants me to be a bay leaf. Sounds exciting, right? Yeah. I’m not so sure about it myself. I woke up early a few weeks ago, too early to get up. The time of day when I fade in and out of awareness, praying, listening, thinking. On this particular morning, my mind flipped between [ read more ]