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Word of the Year Calm {2016}

My Word of the Year Calm for 2016 I love the tradition of choosing a word. In January, I think of the word often. And for the rest of the year, I am in constant amazement when the word surfaces in conversation or text. When mom was here last week, I was thinking out...

2015 and the Blog – Part One

This past year, I pulled back a little from sponsored posts. Those posts were a huge blessing to me and made a significant contribution to my family, and I will always be grateful for them. But, as I find my way in this blogging world, I wanted to create even more...

Rome… if you want to

For more than a year and a half, we’ve been fundraising and preparing for Julia and Nate to go to Rome – to sing on New Years Day – for the Pope. This week, they are there with Brian, my father, my brother, my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law. It...

Christmas is coming

For the first time in our marriage, we will be at home for Christmas. As I write this, mom, dad, and my brother are in El Paso, Texas making the trip here. We have always spent the holidays at someone else’s home. This year, it’s been even more precious to...