I dearly love Pinterest. It is a great place for idea-hunting and dreaming. The creativity of many is on display in one convenient place - a place where I can spend hours. But what if you live a life that is not pin-worthy? That's my ...
Holidays
Easy Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
I love the Thanksgiving season! It is an opportunity to take a deep breath, breathe in the smells of the fall season, and enjoy a stretch of sanity before the Christmas chaos. My prayer for you is that you take some time to reflect and pray with ...
Pumpkin Decorating Ideas
Have you been to the grocery store, the hardware store or the farm stand recently? Then you know it's pumpkin time! A fresh pumpkin is your canvas for creativity. You can carve it, paint it, stick thinks in it -- even decoupage it! (see below) ...
Another Fatherless Father’s Day
My dad died when I was 18. Prior to that, we had a complicated and confusing relationship. Every year since then, these honoring holidays are troublesome for me. Once I had kids, they became about celebrating my husband for Father's Day, or me for ...
Father’s Day DIY Gifts
OK I will confess that I found the second Father's Day DIY idea here on Pinterest a few years ago. The execution of that pinning pro was much more lovely than ours, but that doesn't really matter. When you've been parenting a ...