Little Things with Great Love

How can you make a difference? We find ourselves pondering this question as our world faces many challenges. I may not be able to completely abolish racism, poverty, or hatred; yet, I can be an instrument of peace and love. The little things we do each day that we find redundant, or even annoying done…

Merry Christmas My Husband

My husband, We’ve spent over 34 Christmas mornings together. Our tradition to write a special letter to each other continues. If it is possible, I woke up more in love with you this morning as God reminded me of our faithfulness to each other through it all. I watch our oldest manage small children and…

Creating Joy

Here is a fun post filled with joy! As our adventures with our couple’s calendar continues, we are finding innovative ways to connect and laugh together. We journeyed out to see the star of Bethlehem on December 21. We went to a local school parking lot (a bust), then to our local Walgreens where there…

How will you show up?

Imagine a journey of two years, a star, and finding the ordinary. I’ve had this happen before in smaller ways like vacation plans, dinner reservations, and in complex ways like parenting and marriage. Your plans and expectations challenged by the reality of the situation. What you had hoped for versus what is actually happening around…

Productive Contribution

How would you define “productive contribution”? Seth Godin, in his book, The Practice, shares the following: Most of all, he shows you what it takes to turn your passion from a private distraction to a productive contribution, the one you’ve been seeking to share all along. With this book as your guide, you’ll learn to…

“La Vita e bella”

Parish and I continue to open our couples advent calendar. Here are some of the fun times we’ve shared! Create a Christmas treat. We shared dinner in the Christmas tree room with my mom along with our gingerbread treat. It was good to talk and laugh. Valentina joined us! Have a candy taste testing night….

Your deepest longings

Hello! It is Sunday, and I am in my usual spot reading God’s Word. The book study is called “The Answers to Your Deepest Longings” by Lysa TerKeurst and the Proverbs 31 Team. I wanted to discuss my discoveries with you so much that I decided to record my thoughts and share some items from…

A Couple’s Challenge: Write a song together

Parish and I have a couple’s advent calendar. Today, we were challenged to write a Christmas song. We talked about options of silly versus serious, and then I got an idea to listen to our daily devotion on my Pray as you go app. Our challenge was to use the verse highlighted for today. Today’s…

Collecting “This is what it’s all about” Moments

It is almost December 1, and we are so excited to celebrate the season of love, joy, and redemption. As today starts the first Sunday of Advent, I would love to express some thoughts and ideas. This Thanksgiving was different due to the pandemic. I almost get tired of saying things like that because it…

Thanksgiving 2020

Homemade Mac and Cheese Potato Gratin with Rosemary Crust This recipe was from a foodie friend. I made this the night before. We had this yummy potato dish with knockwurst while Valentina made a Peppa Pig gingerbread house and showed us her new love for embroidery. Grandma shared her scrapbook of her 50th wedding anniversary,…