Nothing like a Smart Alec Cat to get the games rolling... LOL

When it’s time to take the Christmas wreath off the front door I always feel a bit let down, and I can’t help but imagine the poor door...

This morning was a foggy morning Early swimming at the pool And driving to school I had to trust the path was clear . . . Feeling prayers...

My fortune cookie fortune read . . . “Others are inspired by your courage.” I smiled. First thing that comes to mind is my favorite...

❤ Some BEAUTIFUL work by one of our daughters… 16 year old, Alyssa. Had to share ❤

Lay me down between the covers, pull the words up to my ears: saints and angels, liars, lovers, worlds of cheers and tears and fears....

Today I helped at my son’s school. As I did some paperwork to help my son’s English teacher with i-ready reading scores, a student came...

How many days can a 7-year-old “forget” to brush her teeth while off of school ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Three.  The answer...

I Was Just Thinking Thumb for a head, a four-fingered tail, legs crayoned on so it can stand… Lord, thanks for the blessings this bird...

A cake enclosed with a chocolate cage makes an impressive presentation. When I read about making a chocolate cage for a cake, it sounded...

Poof! The structure is a cartoon. Beams burst out like watch springs, floors flay like toothpicks, joists now sticks cannot hold a load, or be re-constructed back into that intricate attic cathedral. Even cross beams and braces that once had the elegance of a mantis now resemble scrambled eggs, the skeletal remains of Irma’s destruction Like sailors venerating the safety of their ship, my family’s achievements were deferentially displayed in the cocooned walls of our home. No

Good Thursday morning to all! So, we have a wonderful contributor, Terri Jones, who’s husband has written a wonderful book, Good Boy,...

Just in time for Halloween, The Legend of Sassafras House is out! Written by our wonderful guest blogger, Anita Stafford, who blesses us with the best recipes, Anita has whipped up a tale to entertain you… Here’s the synopsis: Twelve-year-old Kale Flores knows life is not fair. He needs a friend, but more than that, he needs mney. When he learns there could be a fortune hidden in the Sassafras h ouse, he thinks his luck may have changed. Never mind the house is supposed to be

The time has come again. You take a deep breath of fresh air and throw the door open wide. Immediately, you wish you had invested in that...

We laugh early morning on the way to school And we pray admiring the sky He makes room for his old bully at lunch to sit near him I am...

Just when I thought I have made it to bathroom by myself without the little ones, I hear a voice coming from under the door saying...  "I...

On this first day back to school for many of our kids, we would like to send out the following reminder – BREATHE IN . . . BREATHE OUT ....

29 years ago I gave birth to my last child. A daughter named Deborah Ann(Dac). For all intents and purposes, she was normal with no...

To all the books that I’ve loved and promptly forgotten: it’s not as if I didn’t care. In our time together, I savored each word; I...

I’m resigned to the knowledge that not everyone likes raisins, but I have to believe those people haven’t tried oatmeal raisin cookies....

Oh, to tackle life with all the certainty of a six year old, fresh off training wheels, yet to take a fall . . .

It has taken me 22 years of parenting to finally realize the first question I should always ask my children when they try to give me any...

. . . in the womb our child is safe, free and happy outside the womb our hearts reach out to find grace in believing God is in control of...