written November 2022 In August, I deleted Instagram and Facebook for an entire month. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, sparked mostly by a discussion led by Ashlee Gadd in her…
Tag: <span>intentionality</span>
All over my social media feeds, I see people rushing toward fall. They’re buying fall decor—pumpkins and fall leaves and all things orange and brown. They’re posting shopping hauls with…
Six months ago, we went to church, in person, for the first time since the pandemic began. For me it had been fifteen months—fifteen months since I sat in a…
I’ve always known I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. I can think of no better career than to be the one to shape the earliest experiences of my children’s…
So we want our homes to be peaceful, to feel like safe havens from the outside world. Where do we begin? My impulse is usually to run straight for the…
It’s the beginning of a new year, which means I’ve spent a lot of time “taking inventory” of my life. As I evaluate and examine to see what I want…
If you’ve read my last post, you probably know I’m starting a 7-day reading challenge on Monday. Depending how much time you’ve spent on the bookish side of the Internet,…
Is anyone else out there a sucker for self-help books? *raises hand sheepishly* I think I’m drawn to this type of book out of my own nearly constant feeling of…
It seems like having self-confidence is a big deal these days. Dozens of self-improvement articles out there advise people to believe in themselves, to trust their instincts, to stop second-guessing…
It’s that time of year again—the time when millions of people start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. People latch onto January 1st as the perfect time to start working on…