It’s never been more real to us than it has been this year that we are not guaranteed anything in this life.  We have several friends who did not imagine their Thanksgiving to be the way it is.  But, it’s been an amazing reminder that we do indeed have SO much to be thankful for.  So, while […]

There’s a lot that goes into planning a wedding.  Like… A LOT.  Way more than I ever realized.  And I’d heard it was important to choose your bridesmaids carefully because not only would they be standing with you and looking pretty on your wedding day, but they’d be the hands and feet of helping you […]

Somehow it doesn’t seem like it’s been 18 years.  Sometimes it seems like it was more recent than that.  And sometimes it seems like it didn’t really happen at all. Every year, on August 9, I’m overly aware of the date.  It’s not something that shuts me down and keeps me from functioning, but it’s […]

In the fall of 2008, I was house sitting for some friends who were living abroad for over a year and essentially just loving life!  It was just me, myself and I and I was traveling a lot for work and involved in a small group at church and spent plenty of time with my […]