20 Minute Free-WritingTopic: A girls find a diamond ring on the bus GO: Bump. Bump. Bump. Screech. Our yellow bus began to slow near my stop. Carefully peeling my legs off of the hot, plastic bench, I scooted to the aisle. Flinging my backpack over my shoulder, I stood, just…
I’ve been thinking about what I would change if I could snap my fingers and *poof* I’d be different. Not physically like my nose or my arm hair. Or the big things, like “never sin again,” but just the other stuff. (Not a deep post here, folks.) This is one…
My 8 year old boy still reverses many numbers and letters. From experience with his sisters, I’m pretty sure that learning cursive this fall will help with the letters, but I was at a loss as to how to correct his numbers. I drew a correct and incorrect 7. He…
I’ve recently read 4 books and am going to review them quickly – giving myself only 4 minutes for each book. You will appreciate this time-limit. Trust me. I could go on and on about each of them. Thankfully, I’m a super fast typer, and I’ll try to fit a…
When you are vertically challenged like me, the bottoms of your jeans get frayed and tangled. I’ve just learned to deal with it. But I saw a tutorial on Pinterest HERE that I thought looked doable for the girl who owns a sewing machine but doesn’t know how to really use…
It’s sunny outside, and as I thought about wearing some capris, I remembered a homemade recipe for a self-tanner I’d pinned on Pinterest. I thought I’d give it a try! It sounded simple: 2tbs cocoa powder (depending in how tan you want to be.) + Any moisturizer + an empty…
I felt bad for crying at my grandma’s funeral. Like I had failed as a Christian in some way. Why is that? Cheryl Cecil’s book, Open the Flood Gates: Welcoming Grief into Our Seasons of Loss, explores this question.The grieving process is a unique experience. No two situations are alike.…