If you have moved into a new-to-you home, you know the feeling of wanting to make it feel like your own. Back in April, when this house came up on the market, I remember staring at every picture, thinking THIS HOUSE COULD BE OURS! It was an INCREDIBLY stressful 48 hours, waiting to hear if…
Dear Mama, I know you’ve been there. That time when you had 1,000 things to do; wait, I mean 10,000. You know what I’m talking about. Your child is waiting at your feet, just wanting to be held, but you just don’t have the time. So you continue to do what you were trying to…
This may not be the most touchy-feely picture to see on a Tuesday morning, but I couldn’t help but see a life lesson screaming from this sight the other day! Dan and I were sitting by the pool, catching up on life after his return from his mission trip to Mississippi, when an ant nonchalantly…
Do you ever have those days where it seems like nothing is going right? When Dan leaves, it always seems as if there are just odd things that happen, but they never fail to test me, try my patience, and my faith. Really these things are minor. Truthfully. But when added together, with an already…
God always has a way of offering perspective, no matter what life situation you are in. This moment to many may have seemed like any ole conversation and maybe rather minor to some, but it was this conversation that God used to give me perspective and open my eyes and heart to situations I walk…
Proverbs 3:5-6: 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. I can’t help but think of this verse, as I reflect on that fact that we have now been back in Michigan for a month! To look back…
