Tag Archives: Faith

"But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which the angel had told them." (Luke 2:19-...

My husband is a dream. Justin, the love of my life is my business manager. Our lives dramatically changed after my first book released in 2017. Justin is home 80% of the time now. He can be found scan...

"Joy is the echo of God's love within us." -- Blessed Joseph Marmion It sounds kind of crazy, but lately I've had a hard time accepting joy. I feel uncomfortable with it, as though someone had given m...

No doubt about it, this Christmas is going to be...Weird? Different? Memorable? In the past, Christmas was noted for its busyness. In fact, if we're honest, as moms, we both deplore the hustle and tea...

As kids, my brother Ray and I referred to the Christmas of 1969 as "The Year Without a Tree." As I became an adult, however, and looked back on the events of that chaotic winter, I realized that it wa...

As the first day of November is swept away along with piles of autumn leaves, I start thinking ahead to Christmas. Making lists of gifts to buy, planning what decorations to put up and when, and ponde...

Is there any chance COVID-19 spells J-O-Y? Or that political unrest spells J-O-Y? Anyone? Yeah, me neither. Yet as I look back over my year-and that's really all I can judge-I see the Lord's hand. I s...

When my kids were tiny, I coined the term "two-minute shower" because I learned to literally soap up and rinse off in two minutes flat most mornings. Why? Because that's as far as I could get before m...

"Everyone will have matching family Christmas pajamas this year! 2020 has been so rough, this is how people will cope. Order early. They're expecting to run out." I read it, then scoffed. It was barel...

Well. What a crazy year this has been. How easy it's been to be focused on COVID, job loss, politics, riots, worries, fears. I don't know about you, but I need a reset. An emotional, spiritual reset, ...