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Mom’s birthday, tea rooms, and cattle drives

Mom’s birthday, tea rooms, and cattle drives

This weekend mom and dad drove up to celebrate her birthday! We had such a wonderful time and it was altogether too short. If I had been more organized, I would have asked my dear friend, Leslie, to plan the tea, but the date crept up on me. My mom collects tea cups....
Roses, Zinnias, Carrots, and Cucumbers

Roses, Zinnias, Carrots, and Cucumbers

My garden is a ragamuffin group this year. When Riley came home for a visit this spring, he helped me plan the raised beds and he suggested making homemake pickles. I yelled “brilliant!” and we piled in the van to the local tractor supply for seeds. While...
Summer Check-In

Summer Check-In

How are you?! No really. Summer has a tendency to bring out the extremes – hungry, tired, hot, impatient… If I’m not careful, I can be swept from one emotion to another and live the day in a constant state of damage control. The schedule has helped...
Summer Schedule

Summer Schedule

A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a dear friend. We were talking about summer and she shared that she had created a daily schedule. “This is brilliant!”,  I thought and lamented that I wasn’t more organized. I asked her if she would be open to...
The birthing room

The birthing room

*Riley has given me permission to share part of his testimony.* Sometimes the most beautiful stories begin at the end. I sat in a church service in Montana last Sunday. Just a few minutes earlier, I had surprised Riley in person to tell him that he had graduated from...