Marriage And Family
Over the weekend my husband and I had our date night at a Japanese restaurant. We sat at the sushi bar with all those little boats floating by, you could grab whatever sushi you liked and eat it right there. It was a new experience for us and we enjoyed it very much. We talked [...]
Over the weekend we celebrated an extended family birthday. After eating the cake, everybody gathered in the family room. My kids were hanging out on the home gym, my son threw a football with the men, my mom jumped rope with my sister and brother, and my daughter jumped rope by herself. Sweetie said she [...]
This past Saturday an old friend from college got married. She and her new husband are great together! They are truly loving people…even thought of the children and did something entertaining for them!
“Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character.” Author Unknown, from Be Thankful As I continue the journey of deeper self-discovery, I’m challenged to apply what I uncover. It’s an ongoing process. One challenge is to turn that discovery outward and interact with people just as I am, observe [...]
I was challenged with this exercise recently: Think of 5 words you can use to describe yourself. Mine were: Kind, creative, deep, encouraging, detailed. This can go deeper to uncover your core values and passion in life. When I dug deeper, I found some of my core values to be close community, authenticity, beauty, freedom [...]
We’re trying to keep our cool about the house we found that we love. Remember how the original asking price was too high – then the owner let us know she was willing to negotiate the price? (If you don’t remember, you can read that story .) Well we got a home evaluation of our [...]
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and [...]
Almost 2 months ago, my hubby found a property on the internet that caught his eye. Our little family drove by and discovered the Open House. We got to meet and chat with the owner who’s an amazing lady. She’s an artist and owns a mural painting business – has done beautiful work all over [...]
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ~ Albert Schweitzer This week I’m thankful for… 1. My hubby and kids. 2. My kids’ unconditional love [...]
Here are two thought-provoking questions I want to answer from my friend TV’s post, Can You Change After… “Have you identified a quality you’d like to change in yourself particularly around/after 30? If so, were you able to change it and how did you do it?” Since I turned 30, several qualities in myself had [...]
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