Life & Goals 7/11

Nov 7, 20204 min read

How To Be a Perfect Mom

My sister has much to do with compiling this list. She has 4 children. The youngest is 2 1/2 years old, very opinionated and very...

Nov 5, 20201 min read

Life and Coffee

Life is hard for everyone, we just all face different challenges. I was watching Kal struggle with school issues. He is convinced my...

Nov 4, 20203 min read

2020 Doesn't Have to be Awful

Ginger Snap the Bunny made an appearance in Kara's class today. She was quite a hit with all the 5th-graders and was sporting her hot...

Oct 23, 20201 min read

T. G. I. Everyday

It's Friday today. Lots of people automatically think: T.G.I.F.--Thank God, It's Friday. I thank God it's Friday. I thank Him for every...

Oct 10, 20202 min read

Smiles For Life

Yesterday, during a break in the day, I tackled a mile-long list of errands to run around town. Anything over 3 places to go feels like...

Oct 8, 20202 min read

Grandma's Dishes

I'm missing my deceased grandparents right now. We have some of their dishes in our cabinets, and every time I use them, I think fondly...

Sep 30, 20202 min read

Fall Leaves and Proverbs 3:5-6

Today was the pleasant sort of day when it's cool enough for a sweater, but warm enough to enjoy the air immensely. Kara and I found a...

Sep 23, 20202 min read

All Done, Mom!

Random thoughts today after two days of missing writing: Yesterday was filled with one more thing. I finished two wedding dresses--five...

Sep 18, 20202 min read

Filling My Head With Good, and Remembering How to Camp

There will always be bad news, negative news, shocking reports, unbelievable lies, look-at-me stories, and the hub of griping and...

Sep 1, 20201 min read

The One-More-Thing Habit

All my life, I've had a one-more-thing habit. That is when I try to squeeze just one more thing into an allotted time. I do accomplish...

Aug 24, 20203 min read

Making Lemons Profitable

Church this morning included a mortgage-burning ceremony. That had me choked up even though we haven't gone to this church long enough...

Aug 13, 20202 min read

Cleaning Out Your Mind With a Good Book

I've been reading the Little House books to my children at night. They are ferocious readers on their own, but they love listening to a...

Aug 12, 20202 min read

That Yellow Mass Is Supposed to be Eggs

Life has a way of staying interesting. The most recent way of staying interesting included an unplanned hospital stay. All is well; the...

Aug 7, 20202 min read

A Time to be Happy; A Time to be Sad

"The lights are on, nobody's home." Kris is DJ-ing songs downstairs. That particular refrain is a country song and can't really be sung...

Aug 6, 20202 min read

A Crippling Mindset

Today has been rough. I failed to live up to the expectations of multiple people. One lady let me know several times exactly how...

Aug 2, 20202 min read

Ice Cream and Tow Trucks

I found happiness for sale at Kroger today. Private Selection Amarretto Cherry Cordial. When the kids are in bed and Kris is happily...

Jul 28, 20202 min read

Walking Through 2020

2020 has been a stinker so far in lots of ways, but I am choosing not to make my attitude stinky along with it. Besides the national...

Jul 16, 20202 min read

Making Smiles

This is teeth week for us. Kara had two orthodontic appointments on Monday, one in the morning, then a retainer later that afternoon;...

Jul 14, 20202 min read

When Can is Married to Can't

Opposites attract. That's a worn out statement. What do you do when you're a can married to a can't? It feels like a constant game of...

Jul 10, 20202 min read

Crying Into a Cup of Mom-Guilt

The mom guilt is heavy this morning. And here's the coffee cup that is collecting my tears this morning over it. Everywhere I look at...

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