School is officially back in session for the spring semester. There's a lot to adjust to besides the new schedules and getting back to...

Verse for 2025

Saturday morning and I am folding laundry like I did the day before and the day before and the day before.   You get it.   I laugh out...

It has happened so quickly. I am not sure I can really comprehend. With the closing of this school year, I am staring into a future I...

Dreaming of building the perfect family home started at a young age for me. After a tragic day in February, when a tornado ripped my...

There is truly a lump in my throat as I think about the beginning of school. Summer flies by in a flash, and it is back to drop-off and...

It brings a tear to my eye when I realize I only have 2 1/2 more summers with my oldest before she starts college. This summer literally...

The morning was chilly, but the sun was bright. The day was perfect for a first grade field trip to a local museum. There would be...

With the first three high school soccer games under our belt, and looking at two double game nights this week for the middle school and...

We were rushing to check out of our hotel, and I couldn't pick an outfit. Our family had an appointment to visit some caverns in the...

Showing Joy. The phrase was placed on my heart several years ago. It just kind of popped in my thoughts out of nowhere. We often see...

The words "new year" and "declutter" seems to go hand in hand. I love an organized, neat and clean home. Our house is my happy place,...

The tree is gone. The lights are not twinkling. There are no bows or ornaments. All the nativity sets have been wrapped and put away. ...

There's never a time like Christmas to Show our Joy. The word is literally plastered everywhere this time of year. As I sit in my...

Do you have those days where you feel like if there was an award for Epic Mom Fails, you could win? Mothers are in a constant balancing...

With the flip of the calendar to October, Christmas decorations and sales and deals bombarded the stores and my inbox. I love Fall, but...

Where we live in North Carolina, we can be splashing in the ocean waves in two hours or hiking on a mountain in three and a half. For...

As an only child growing up on a farm in the 80s, time was all I had. Daydreaming of what life would be like when I grew up occupied a...