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Imagine Heaven – A Book Review
I decided to read Imagine Heaven by John Burke shortly after our 19-year-old son, Caleb, died in a car accident. I saw a book review on Facebook...
4 Must Ask Questions for Surviving a Midlife Crisis
In the winter of 2009, I had a minor midlife crisis. Overcome with anxiety, I spent a week wondering who I really was, what I really wanted to do...
Getting Started with The Happy Planner
My favorite planner system is The Happy Planner from Me & My Big Ideas. The versatility it provides, as well as the variety of styles available...
8 Reasons Why I Love My Happy Planner
Everyone has their preference for how they keep track of all of life's appointments, to-do lists, and hopefully the occasional date-night or girls'...
Organize Your Craft Room Home Office with this Step-By-Step Guide
Organizing your craft room/home office doesn't have to be rocket science, nor does it have to take a long time. I spent two days reorganizing mine...
20 Eye-Opening Questions to Ask Yourself in 2020
We're through the first week of 2020, but are we still ready to take on the world? Did we make a resolution that we've already failed at keeping? Do...
My One Word for 2020 – Intentional
Every January, I ask God to give me One Word that He would like me to work on throughout the upcoming year. I've been doing this for nearly a decade...
Time Management Tips from a Fresh Perspective
As I looked at my planner the other day, I heaved one long sigh after another. Once again, I'd penned in lists of things I wanted to accomplish...
How Do I Make It Through the Difficult Seasons in Life?
Have you ever had a difficult season in life? One when you wondered if you would make it through? Thing after thing after thing happens. You fall...
17 Things I Learned in 2017 as I Focused on Obedience
Have you ever felt life is like a snowball that turns into a wrecking ball as it crashes through your safety net? That about describes 2017 for me...
When You Walk in Fear, Look Up and Live
As 2016 drew to an end, I considered all I'd seen and heard throughout the year - particularly the end of it. I considered how one election seemed...
5 Tips: How To Try Something New
It's the new year. What better time to try something new? Have you been longing to learn how to knit or scrapbook? Have you wondered if you would...
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