BLESSED BEYOND EXHAUSTION
Well, friends, we all survived another year, some of us unscathed and others of us barely hanging on. I cannot believe it will be 2019 in a couple of days, can you? I wanted to share a few of my favorite things with you this month. I’m sure you all have some favorite gifts and experiences from this Christmas as well, and I would love to hear some of yours!…
I love all sorts of Christmas movies and I’ve watched plenty this Christmas season. I even introduced my little kids to my favorite movie, Elf. They loved it, of course! But I can’t seem to get one theme song out of my head. I sing it All. Day. Long. Vivienne tells me constantly to stop but I just can’t. The song is “Where are you Christmas?” from the Grinch. Don’t…
I love this time of year. Christmas lights fill the streets and Christmas trees can be seen through windows as we drive through the neighborhood listening to Christmas music. Presents begin to fill the empty space beneath our tree which provides the living room with a cheery glow. Memories of baking cookies and singing carols around my grandmother’s piano fill my mind as I contemplate activities I can do with…
Hey, friends! Guess what? It’s time for my favorite post of the year! Although my reading has significantly decreased this year (I only read 41 books compared to 55 last year), I’ve compiled a list of all the best books I’ve read in 2018. Leave a comment with which one you would like to read and you will be entered in a drawing to receive that book! Fiction Water from…
Lately, life has been busy. It feels as though our family sees each other in passing as Brienne goes to Physical Therapy, Jonah goes to swim team, and Vivienne goes to cheer practice. And the busier life gets, the more stressed I become. My working full time affords us a lot of amenities, but other things seem to slip through the cracks. Laundry piles up and crumbs gather on the…
Well, Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is right around the corner. My shopping is almost finished, which is a good thing since I’m running out of days. And money. Ha! I’ve come across lots of things I love this month but I don’t want to post too many as some of them are Christmas gifts for actual people in my life. So here are a few things I’m loving this…
I seriously hate letting people down. Because of my tendency towards people-pleasing, disappointing others is one of the worst things I can do. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday. I was scheduled to be part of the worship team at our former worship leader’s new church. He had been asking me for weeks (well, actually, months) to come serve alongside him but the timing was never right because I felt…
Hey, everyone! Since November is Adoption Month and many people have been asking about our India adoption, I decided to give everyone a quick update. It’s actually been almost six months since my last update but not much has changed. I had mentioned in my previous adoption post that we had recently been approved by CARA (the Indian centralized adoption organization) and we were waiting on pre-approval from immigration. Well,…
For those of you who don’t know, we are in the process of building a house here in Clarksville and it’s been an exciting (and sometimes stressful) process. It’s been really neat to watch each step, though, especially since I haven’t had to make many decisions yet. (I hate making decisions so the next few months are going to be really difficult for me as we pick out floors and…
Fall is finally here in Tennessee, which means cooler weather and beautiful scenery. Soon we will be celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas, but for now I am loving the colorful leaves and a few other things: Everything pumpkin: Of course, this is the #1 thing I’m loving right now. From pumpkin spice creamer to pumpkin spice muffins, I can’t get enough pumpkin in my life! (You need those muffins in your…