Karen Ehman is one of those writers that speaks right into the tender places of our hearts. She’s real, blunt, and truthful when we need to hear rebuke or correction, but she’s also kind, compassionate, and loving. Her words in Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living In A Self-Centered World did all of those things for me! Our home is in…
Read More
My Perfect Gilmore Ending
Oy with the poodles already!! I cannot wait for November 25 to be here so I can binge out with my long lost friends of Stars Hollow! I remember starting my first year as a transfer student at Mississippi State University and watching the very first episode of Gilmore Girls in my apartment. The sarcasm mixed with loads of coffee…
Read More
The Busy Girl’s Guide To Budgeting
If you’re busy like I am, the thought of creating a budget is probably the last thing on your mind. Well, maybe not the last thing…because if it was, you wouldn’t be reading this blog about budgets! So now that it’s on your mind, let’s keep that momentum going and get started! First, I want you to know how important budgeting is…
Read More
Lessons in the Trenches of Singleness
I was 15 when I had my first ‘starring’ role in a wedding. Well …. in my mind it was a starring role – I was a candle lighter in my 24-year-old cousin’s wedding. I’m pretty positive my cousin would disagree with that assessment but I was thrilled to be a part of the festivities. As I walked down the aisle in…
Read More
The Blessing of This Mess
It’s never fun to wake up in the morning and see your house messy. Especially on a Monday morning after a Sunday night in which you didn’t get much sleep. Sometimes things like this make me frustrated and have even made me lose my cool. Let’s take a closer look at the picture above. It reads similar to “If You…
Read More
It’s Okay To Grieve
October is Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Many women have had miscarriages in some form or fashion, yet most never talk about it. Somewhere along the way they were made to feel that a child didn’t exist or that it was too personal to talk about. Then there were women who felt they had to speak about their…
Read More