Live Your One Life Well
Here we are already: Day 5 of the "Wrapped in Grace" blog tour – 5 days of 5 friends sharing practical ways to have a less-stressed, more grace-full holiday season ... and some great give-aways! Today's guest blogger is moi! Be sure to enter the drawing for my book, co-authored with Kathi Lipp: The Cure for the "Perfect" Life, which will automatically enter you into our grand prize drawing for al ... Continue Reading
Might you be a Highly Sensitive Person ? Take the "Am I a Highly Sensitive Person?" self-quiz to find out! * * * * * Daniel and I laugh at them now. But I used to take the negative comments on what's become my most popular blog post – How to Fix a Non Gift-Giving Husband – soooooo personally. How could people who don't even know me or my husband so confidently proclaim him 100% s ... Continue Reading
I don't like December. I feel terrible admitting it. But for so many years (decades, really) Try-Harder Living overshadowed Christ and family and joy. Long before Pinterest, Perfectionism barked orders about the kind of tree we had to have (at least 7' tall, freshly cut). All the cookies I had to bake (from scratch; no boxed mixes allowed.) All the events we had to attend (knee-jerk "yes ... Continue Reading
Might you be a Highly Sensitive Person ? Take the "Am I a Highly Sensitive Person?" self-quiz to find out! * * * * * I don't write about controversial topics. At least not intentionally. But over the last five years, my post "How to Fix a Non Gift Giving Husband" has tweaked a few nerves. My two harshest critics consider me delusional: "Sounds like you have done a fine job r ... Continue Reading
Daniel and I ventured out to the mall last night for the first time this holiday season. Some unexpected emergencies have dried up our Christmas funds, so I wasn't really planning to do any Christmas shopping. Daniel and I have everything we need. And our kids are 21 (as of tomorrow, sniff, sniff!) and 22, so we aren't making any more trips to the Lego store or ordering out of the American Doll ... Continue Reading
