This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I may earn a small commission but it won’t cost you a penny more)! One of the best smells of a home is the delicious smell of fresh-baked whole wheat bread! This is a …
My eight-month old daughter sat in her high chair banging her little palms on the tray. All the while, she was also singing and moaning along. She was hungry, but she was tired of the finger food I had tried to occupy her with. I handed her a piece of bread and she was at …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Last week I needed to buy some cereal. Actually I didn’t really need it – but it was on sale and I had some coupons which made it almost free. My husband rolls his eyes when he hears this, because I love to save …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. The other day I was organizing some supplies in my classroom. I had purchased some new boxes of crayons and had decided that it was time to replace the old broken crayons with new ones. I keep the crayons in plastic soap boxes so …
A few years ago I sat on a plane waiting to taxi out from the gate. My youngest daughter and I were to fly to Hawaii and meet my husband and our other daughter for a long awaited vacation. We had some free plane tickets and had to fly on separate airlines to get the …
We were sitting at the kitchen table quietly eating our lunch. My husband, our 6 year old daughter, and 3 year old Tiegan, whom we baby sat. We had cared for her several days a week for a year and a half after her mom died of leukemia. As we ate our spaghetti, Tiegan piped …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Last year, I received a beautiful journaling Bible for Christmas from my mom. I have done many different things over the years, to add to or mix up my devotional time in the morning. This year, I really wanted to try my hand at …
I glanced out my window to see acres of diamonds gleaming in the sunlight. I grabbed my coat and my camera and ran out into the frigid air. Two days previous, we had had a terrible ice storm. We had been without power and electricity for 8 hours. I had a Strep infection and had …
