My son recently got married. Weddings are exciting and also filled with so many points of possible conflict. This wedding was extra special because it was his second one. Sometimes no matter how hard you try and no matter what you do things just don’t go as you had planned. In the worst of days […]
Have you been having date nights during this pandemic? It can be challenging to plan dates in normal times but now it’s even more challenging. My husband got creative. He made a deal with our daughter and son-in-law and said we’d take their two toddlers for a night in exchange for them taking our son […]
When you smash a muffin, you’ll get crumbs. When you cook oatmeal, you’ll get mush. When you squeeze a lemon, you’ll get sour. We’ve all heard it said… When life gives you lemons make lemonade. But what if life gives you cancer? How do you make lemonade with that? If life squeezed you, what would […]
My husband locked me out of the house today. I was completely locked out and couldn’t get back in the house. We usually workout in the mornings together. We have a “gym” in our garage. Since Mike had to leave for work early, he decided to skip the gym, and head out early. Me, on […]
If I could go back and tell my twenty year old self a few things this is what they’d be. What would you tell yourself? See if this list of ten life hacks would match any of your own. 10 Life Hacks for the Long-haul: 1. Tomorrow you can start over. Each day is a […]
I was previewing one of my podcasts. As I listened I was making breakfast… Cutting up veggies and piddling around in my kitchen. My sweet husband was being playful and fun. Mike joked with me… I shrugged. Mike asked me if I wanted him to start the laundry load I had waiting on the floor… […]
We’ve all seen it happen. Many of us have done it. We’ll be talking, and then all of a sudden the words coming out of our mouth are toxic. We begin complaining. I’ve done it. I think we’ve all done it. When it gets really destructive is when… The topic on the complaining board is […]
My safe place is my husband. This is one of the long reasons why… Dear Husband… Before I met you I felt like a little girl who had been put out on the streets with no shoes on. Sometimes the ground would be really hot or really wet and cold. Many times I would get […]
You may have seen it. When you turned on the news there was rioting, looting, destruction. There was pain, anguish, and fear. There was trauma that boiled out and on to our streets. People hurting other people. It was painful to watch. Maybe you witnessed it personally and not just on TV. And then I […]
What’s your truth? My truth is I’ve struggled a lot through life. I’m a recovering bulimic, codependent, obsessed mom, people-pleaser, over-eater, and over-dieter. After living in bondage I learned how to live in grace. It’s an ongoing process. One thing I know for certain is that life is better being a grace-spreader instead of a […]
