Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken

We take date night very seriously in our household. I take each of my children once a month for a special time just with me and My husband does the same thing. We take date night twice a month for our marriage and we each take a personal night out a month too. In our [...]

Contribution

Contribution

"There's a billion people on the planet. I mean what does any one life really mean?" - Quote from the movie, Shall We Dance For many of us the struggle and feelings of creating ripples and impact in our world with so many faces and so many things can be haunting and a driving force [...]

TIA

TIA

My husband and I have recently started reading some books on being strong parents. What the role of that looks like and how it shapes healthy adult children. While going through this I also had the privilege of going to a place where I visited a group of kids who did not get that kind [...]

Mantra

Mantra

Some people have a Mantra. Other people have many mantra's and some have never really thought about it. Getting your thoughts down and even up on a prominent wall is helpful for the focus of what you deem successful and important in life. It can change things dramatically! There are many slogans, quotes, and phrases [...]

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

We recently moved. I loved it. Well, actually I hated the moving part and the stepping further away from my friends part and the changing of bills part and I still have to change my address on my driver's license. I loved a certain part of it. Purging. I am a professional purger. I get [...]

Give Yourself A Break

Give Yourself A Break

First let me just say that this ā€œhow toā€ Ā is a ā€œme tooā€ post. It’s a ā€œHow Tooā€. LOL. Today we are talking about compassion. I have had the beautiful privilege of recently walking out giving myself a break and having personal compassion! Life experience in this area has been truly one of the best [...]

In a Nutshell

Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and my song. And he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, this is my Father’s God, and I will exalt him. I have actually been working on a much longer versionĀ of my story. To obey Psalms 78: 6-7 in a literal [...]

Taking it Seriously

Taking it Seriously

I had a friend recently encouraged me. Well I understood that she was trying to encourage me... The person made a comment to try to encourage me in my role as a mother. I was feeling down and very much unqualified for the large task of creating a life quipped and taught the beautiful nature [...]