Fasting for a newly shaped body seems to be all the rage these days. I’m a fan, but do you know the most life-changing reason to fast? For me, it’s to grow my relationship with Christ. Food always comes to mind first when we think about abstaining from something we love to become closer to […]
Create a Happy Bag for Emotional Healing
In my darkest days of dealing with the pandemic, I learned about happy bags from my wonderful online therapy group. Several people mentioned using these feel better goodie bags to bring them out of the deep struggle we all kept finding ourselves trapped in. Today I want to share my bliss caddy and help you […]
How to Make Peace With Yourself
After many months of social distancing, I think most of us have spent a great deal of time with ourselves lately. I tend to get way too far inside my head without the distraction of the outside world. So today, let’s talk about how to make peace with yourself which I believe to be imperative […]
3 Lessons from 20 Years of Marriage
Last week my husband and I celebrated our 20 year anniversary. This is no small feat in my family, so I’m quite thrilled to reach this milestone. Let me share with you some of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in the past two decades. Before we married all those years ago, I had a child. […]
How to Prepare for Your Empty Nest
Have you heard of 18 summers? It’s the concept we only have our kids for 18 summers before the empty nest arrives. I just had my last one according to that thought. Lucky me actually has a bonus summer for sending my youngest to kindergarten twice. I never imagined how beautifully that decision from long […]
7 Gift Ideas for Your Soul
It’s that wonderful time of year for us to start making gift lists for ourselves and the people we love. Check out these 7 ideas for the perfect presents to nourish the soul. Faith inspired gifts are a beautiful way to show someone we care. Let’s start with a book I just added to my […]