Goodness it turned cold this weekend! I joke that quilting is my winter hobby and needlepoint is my spring sport. Quilting has to be done indoors. I can take my needlepoint projects outside and enjoy the weather while I work on them. Since it turned cold again this weekend I took the opportunity to finish… Continue reading Bring on Summer
This week, someone said something to me that hurt my feelings. This is someone I am close to and they absolutely were not trying to hurt my feelings. At all. But it reminded me of the scripture, Proverbs 18:21, “The tongue has the power to build up or destroy, bringing life and death.” It is… Continue reading The Power of Words: Building Up vs. Destroying
I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for a snow day. I get as excited as an elementary school child when the forecast calls for snow. I don’t sleep with my pajamas on inside out like my Nenaw used to tell us to do, but boy do I hope for snow. I was thrilled a couple… Continue reading Snow Day
Today my Dad turns 80 years old! He is a walking miracle. If you have been friends with me for very long, you know that 11 years ago he nearly died. He spent 45 days in ICU, days and days on a ventilator, and family was brought in to tell him goodbye. But God wasn’t… Continue reading Paki: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Week 3 update on my social media break. They told us at church that although we may have FOMO- fear of missing out, we will also have JOMO- the joy of missing out. And that’s exactly what is happening for me. That party I wasn’t invited to? I don’t even know about it because I… Continue reading JOMO
We are a week into my social media fast so I thought a little check-in would be good. This is a judgment free zone so if you are a judgy person, this is your sign to exit now. As a recap, our church is doing a social media fast for the month of January. We… Continue reading Screen Time
Today is my mom’s 80th birthday. I don’t even know how this is possible. She still feels 50 to me. Or even 40. I am still on my social media fast, but didn’t want to miss an opportunity to honor her on her special day. Besides, I think she is worthy of her own blog… Continue reading Eighty Years of Prayers, Love and Legacy
Today was a big day for our family. We got to officially celebrate Jay’s promotion at the fire department to Lieutenant. He promoted back in July, but today was a ceremony to celebrate him and 3 others who promoted. It was my first ceremony in the fire world and it was super cool. I am… Continue reading New Rank, Same Hero
Each January, our church chooses something to fast. Sometimes they do the Daniel fast, or fast from sweets or caffeine. It’s been many years since I have participated. This year they are fasting from social media. I honestly wasn’t planning to participate. We are doing dry January over here and I’m quite a wino so… Continue reading A January Fast
I’ve been thinking for a couple of days of what I would like my word for the year to be. I’ve done this several times; not every year but several recently. I was even trying to remember all of my words from years past. I can remember peace and intentional. However, at the current moment,… Continue reading Word for 2026
