God Gives
I have been really emotional the past week – surprise, surprise! I have these high hopes that the progesterone I am taking with be like a miracle drug and we will have some success this month but I...
View ArticleChristmas in September
I absolutely love Thanksgiving and Christmas because we get to spend time with our families, we get some time off, we get to eat a lot of food, and we get to enjoy the yearly festivities such as...
View ArticleCommunity, for real.
It is really and truly almost unbearable. Almost. See, I have arrived at a point in my life where I cannot even mention a desire, a hardship, or a prayer request, no matter how weighty or trivial,...
View ArticleManna Mentality
The last week I have had a hard time sleeping. I toss and turn. I wake up from shallow bits of sleep. Last night I couldn’t fall asleep until after 1am, which was killing me because I knew in just...
View ArticleDining with India. (And, my husband thinks I’m crazy)
Food is simple, right?. Eating is simple. Plants and animals are prepared in various ways for our energy and nutrition. Three meals a day. Simple. I go to the store. Or you go to the garden. Or he...
View ArticleIt stops with me
Guess what? I have never raised a three year old before. I mean, prior to Evangeline turning three last September that is. When she turns 4 next week, I will never have raised a 4 year old and will...
View ArticleTension. No wait, TENSION.
See this? I picked those leaves from my parents’ yard in northern Illinois. Once back in the desert I got out my Tub-o-Mod Podge and made my very own candle holder with those beautiful red leaves. Then...
View ArticleChristmas Peace, Budgeted
Sorry, this isn’t a deep, pensive blog post about the holiday season and all the peace that comes on December 25th. I’m sure if I tried real hard I could squeeze out some elegant words about Christmas...
View ArticleDeserved
My family and I are leaving for a Florida vacation in a few short days. The Magic Kingdom, airplanes, Mickey Mouse, the ocean – the whole enchilada. It’s a pretty big deal and my excitement over...
View ArticleThe skeletons in my closet
We all have them right? College is an especially ripe environment to accumulate some of these skeletons. Let me tell you a little story from my university years. It was 2002. I was doing a group...
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