Category: Home and Family

  • Memories to Share: Memory #13

    Memories to Share: Memory #13

    My grandmother passed away this summer after 90 years of blessing those around her. She’s actually the inspiration for this whole series. Now, before you get this image of mild-mannered, quiet church lady who smiled sweetly all of the time, baked and all of that stuff “blessing’” and “grandmother” in the same sentence may conjure…

  • Memories to Share: Memory #12

    Memories to Share: Memory #12

    Well, here we are at the end of one year and the beginning of another. I love fresh starts. In my family, my mom made a major life altering decision one New Year’s Day that may not have been a resolution, but it sure turned out to be one of the best she could have…

  • Saving Mr. Banks– a warning

    Saving Mr. Banks– a warning

    This past weekend we took our family to see Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks. Yep, the whole family, from my seven year-old daughter on up. We needed a break, a “get away and leave all your troubles behind and go take in a feel good movie” moment. Saving Mr. Banks was not that experience.

  • Memories to Share: Memory #11

    Memories to Share: Memory #11

    Christmas morning means different things to different families. For some families it is all about Jesus. For other families it is all about Santa Claus. For most families, it is somewhere between the two. What was Christmas morning like when you were a child? What stands out to you the most? Consider the seemingly silly…

  • Am I Pretty?

    Am I Pretty?

    I saw a post in my personal Facebook stream about a friend of mine’s wife who wrote “Am I Pretty?” a book to help her daughter and other girls as they come to terms with who they are and what to value. Before I even bought  the book, I knew this would be a great…