Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Did you happen to see the post that Spirit 105.3 put up on their Personal Growth page entitled Stop Trying to Convert & Start Listening to Stories?  I can’t tell you how happy I wa...

The other day a little clich showed up on one of my feeds: "The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances." I took a screen shot...

The other day, I was feeling particularly frazzled and tired when a lovely picture popped up in my Instagram feed.  It was a hand-lettered sign illustrating Lamentations 3:22-23: “The stead...

This week I received the most amazing package in the mail.  It was a custom mixed box of my favorite chocolates.  The card read:  “You are brave and beautiful.  You deserve t...

As I was going through my emails one popped out at me in bold letters: LIFE-CHANGING LAUNDRY TIPS!  Really?  Life-changing? We’ve come a long way from beating our clothes on...

Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and blogging sites are full of them; smiling moms in pretty outfits, sitting in lovely homes, cooking healthy recipes and raising wonderful kids.  Some even have a ...

For this week's post, scheduled to be published on September 23, 2015, I thought it would be fun to see what meanings the date had.  Maybe it was National Brush-Your-Cat Day.  Or, maybe it m...

If you’re like me, Fall makes me want to “feather my nest” a bit.  After all, we’re inside a lot more than we were in the summer, so it just makes sense that we would want...

I recently bought one of those new-fangled fitness trackers that you wear on your wrist.  It is purple and at first that was the only thing I liked about it.  Did I really need one more thin...

Happy September, Moms!  In a mom’s life, September can feel more like a new beginning than January does.  AND, without all the stress of a list of resolutions that we know we’ll ...