oday is my best friend’s birthday. In so many ways we are opposite (she likes silver; I like gold) and yet in so many ways we are exactly the same. She waltzed into my life about 5 minutes after I walked in alone to my first Christmas choir rehearsal four and a half years ago. She […]

s a kid, I absolutely loathed canning days. My mother had a garden that was so huge, it put the crop fields to shame. Over time, as my siblings have grown and moved out, her garden has gotten smaller and smaller. But, back then, it was enormous. My mom grew everything from sweet corn and […]

I’m so glad that this space of our house has finally changed from disaster area to finished basement. When we first purchased our house, it was finished with neutral walls, white trim, and laminate flooring. We hadn’t planned on doing anything to the area; it was the one part of the house that was completely […]

 lot has happened in the past month, which obviously mean it’s time for another bullet list. The royal baby has been born. Finally. To say that I have been on pins and needles over this would be an understatement. I also really thought it was going to be a girl. Turns out, it’s not. But […]

y sister, Carla, had her 20 year class reunion this past weekend. The majority of what I remember about her high school years (I am 11 years younger than her) is one most embarrassing story: Carla’s girl friends were over at our house one day around Christmas. They were in the living room sprawled on the […]

He stood under a tree around the back of the church waiting for her to come to him. Her shoes put divots in the lawn as she made her way through the grass. She walked up behind him, tapped on his shoulder, and he turned to finally see her; his bride.