Welcome, welcome, whether you are a familiar face or a new visitor! For you first timers, I am so glad that you have found me, as I am passionate about sharing resources and information to help you builder stronger and more satisfying relationships in your lives. I regularly mix family, faith, friendships and frugality for […]
Your ticket out of the desert
February 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
The desert. That familiar hot and dry and endless place, where the winds howl to the world about the depth of my worthlessness and tear at the shreds of my self-esteem. Where the flying grains of sand sting at my conscience and blind me to my gifts. I have been there and done that, and […]
Five Minute Friday-Grit
February 24, 2012 By 10 Comments
Ahh, the feel of the warm sand at the beach as you curl your toes and gather up its gritty wonderfulness. The joy of watching your little one toddle around with glee, her round bottom plopping down as she bends to discover another treasure, her chubby fingers grabbing a small handful of the seashore and […]
Are you being sugared off?
February 20, 2012 By 21 Comments
As I drove past a local college last week, I noticed that they had tapped the stately maples that lined the campus, the old-fashioned metal buckets hugging the large, gray tree trunks. Were one of the science classes running experiments, I wondered, or were culinary students preparing to take part in one of our long-standing […]
Five Minute Friday-Trust
February 10, 2012 By 6 Comments
Write. Ding. Toss Write. Ding. Toss. Arggghh. I just have to trust that the words will come one of these times., that they will take shape on the page. I only have five minutes? I guess it’s a lot like parenting. I knew it would be hard, but, well, I knew my hubbie and I […]
Has your canary gone silent?
January 27, 2012 By 4 Comments
Welcome dear readers! My family and I have some exciting changes happening in our lives, but the downside is that I am being pulled in too many directions at once. Therefore, I am sharing a post from my archives. For those happy campers who may not have an historical knowledge of mining, here is just […]
Winter doldrum breakout
January 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet For some of us living in the Northeast, the long, dark days of winter can be a formidable force. Sometimes it seems like we’ll never again […]
Five Minute Friday-Roar
January 6, 2012 By 18 Comments
The knock comes again, at my front door, this time more firm and determined. I’ve been down these stairs before. I think that every time it will be different. That my inner optimistic child, who hears the pounding of our answered prayers, will grab my hand and I will run joyfully right alongside her, to […]
Moms-Take 5 more!
December 21, 2011 By 5 Comments
I rounded up five encouraging posts for you earlier this week, and I have five more for you here, just in case you’ve started to climb back up that hill towards Panic Peak. Not that I’ve ever done that… Read on, and enjoy and embrace the gift of love, hope and encouragement I humbly offer […]
Moms-Take five!
December 19, 2011 By 11 Comments
‘Tis the week before Christmas. How in the world did it sneak up on us again? Are you stressing? Did you think you had it under control this year only to find that it is going to take Mighty Mom going into major overdrive to have everything picture perfect ready in the short time we […]
