October is Pastor Appreciation Month. As a PK, this was one of my favorite months as it meant lots of savory treats and gift cards to our favorite restaurants. Now that I’m older I’m starting to see the true significance of this month. You see, ministry is hard. It can be very hard. Pastors are…

2 days until Christmas and this year has already been drastically different. I had our usual plans all laid out to my husband’s dismay….you all know the meme that says every, “buddy the elf is married to the scrooge”…Well,  I’m buddy the elf.  This is the week for all our Christmas baking, deep cleaning the house…

It was my 22nd Birthday celebration and the worst I had ever felt in my life. There I sat behind the wheel of my car with blue lights flashing all around me. I could overhear 2 cops discussing who would be the one to cuff me. I was trying to figure out how to legally change…

You ever heard someone say, “you can get your worst sunburn on a cloudy day”? Yea, I always thought it was a stupid saying. I enjoy the heat of the sun. I use to be a sun-worshipper. I would spend hours baking in the sun. I would get disappointed if it was a cloudy day….

“I picked this flower for you, Mommy”. Such sweet words that I hear almost every time we are outside as my now 4-year-old hands me a dandelion. A kind little gesture. Her Daddy even taught her to say, “It’s pretty just like you, Mommy”.  What most find as a pesky, little “weed”, Raelyn thinks is…

The daunting realization hit me the other night that I will never get caught up on laundry. It was a sad conclusion. No matter how many times I wash the clothes, I will still have to clean the clothes I am wearing which means, I will eventually have more clothes to wash. A.K.A. I will…

I am an “out of sight, out of mind” kind of person.  I “sweep everything under the rug”. I cannot sit down and enjoy watching tv when I see there is stuff everywhere. I cannot deep clean until all the clutter is gone. I do not want anything on my counters, floors or sinks so…