Finding purpose after the kids grow up! Accepting, exploring & embracing a new season.
Today: Friday, March 5, 2021 Looking out my window…the sun is shining but it is cooler today than yesterday. I need to go out and buy more birdseed for my feeders. I sent my hubby last week and he came back with a cheaper bag that has a much higher percent of millet (the little …
Back in the spring of 2011, my teenage daughter and I were brainstorming ideas for raising money to pay for a summer missions trip to Uganda. I’ve always enjoyed baking, so I suggested we try a cupcake fundraiser. We decided to spread the word through social media to local friends, church members, neighbors, etc that …
For many years now we have had a wild backyard. Just weeds and trees and a pit in the middle of the yard for burning the branches that regularly fall out of the surrounding pines and sweet gum trees. When the kids were young, we had a big wooden swing set and climbing tower, a …
Today: February 15, 2021 By definition, a daybook is simply a journal or diary. I love journals. Prayer Journals. Art Journals. Project Journals. Bullet Journals. I especially love paper & pen, but keyboards will suffice as well. Years ago, on a different blog, I used to occasionally post along with Peggy at The Simple Woman. …
Many years ago I came across this memorable little story and shared it with my children. I’m sure it will be shared with the grandkids at some point in time as well. ~ One day a particular father was listening to his children make their case for permission to watch a movie that all their …
When I list adjectives that describe my hubby and me, there are a number of opposites. While I tend to be creative, artistic, and optimistic, he is much more practical, logical, and realistic. I am a teacher, baker, and artist. He is an engineer, coach, and analyst. I lean toward the romantic but he is …
This past year has been hard for me spiritually and creatively. Although my family has been faring well with jobs and health, the upheaval, stress and uncertainty has drained my creative juices. I lack inspiration to produce art, but I have been spending more time reading my Bible and scripture writing. Scripture writing is something …
I love holidays and the opportunities they bring for creating meaningful traditions and memories with family. Thanksgiving for me will always bring back memories of my grandparents’ little farm in West Bridgewater, where grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins gathered for a big, traditional New England Thanksgiving dinner on the fourth Thursday in November. The menu …
More people are homeschooling now than ever before. Others are schooling at home through their school system’s virtual school. Some are doing a combo of in-classroom and remote learning. Homeschooling is hard.Virtual school at home is hard.Rotating your kids in and out of school is hard. I know some of you are struggling more than …
Well, I’m obviously not a very good blogger. I have a bunch of posts in various stages of draft that I don’t know when I will finish. I like the idea of a blog but then I wonder if it is even a worthwhile use of my time. Will anyone even read it? Does what …