Happy New Year!! Got a vision for 2020 yet? When I was little I just knew the 2000s meant I'd be scooting around in my personal spaceship and I'd have a robot for a maid. Doesn't 2020 sound like something out of the Jetsons? I pray that you're getting your feet under you and have joyfully jumped into this new decade. Honestly, I'm having a bit of trouble getting some traction. I'm … [Read more...] about My Word for 2020: Vision
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Your Midlife Mess: How to Grow a Grateful Heart
I love fall. Its colors and temperatures gently wind down, quite literally, as the season readies the earth for bedtime. We are forced to narrow our attentions inward. The upcoming holidays focus our hearts on goodness, but only if we allow them to. How do you develop a grateful heart? Thanksgiving is my favorite. We gather to cook and eat and love each other. We spend precious hours, even … [Read more...] about Your Midlife Mess: How to Grow a Grateful Heart
Simplify Your Holidays: Step Five
This is it, dear ones, the last step to simplify your holidays. If you missed Step One, Step Two, Step Three, or Step Four, just click on these links to catch up. This last step is profound. Ready? The last step in simplifying your holidays is this: Push hard in November. That's it. I'd love to send you the simple PDF of this series, Simplify Your Holidays, found in my … [Read more...] about Simplify Your Holidays: Step Five
Simplify Your Holidays: Step Four
Ok, my lovelies! I'm so glad you're with me in getting 'it' all together before the holidays are banging at the front door! You've got this! If you're just joining us, you can find Step One, Step Two, and Step Three here. As a recap, we've loaded our calendars with all the upcoming events. Then, we acquired a small notebook to act as our brain and spent some time thinking … [Read more...] about Simplify Your Holidays: Step Four
Simplify Your Holidays: Step Three
Peace. It seems that everywhere I look, or listen, this country is anything but peaceful. We just plod along, from one terrifying news story to the next. Death and destruction are everywhere, and my heart hurts. I'm praying that the coming days will bring some peaceful rest and quiet to us all as Americans. Even so, perhaps we need to look around us and BE the peace and rest … [Read more...] about Simplify Your Holidays: Step Three
Simplify Your Holidays: Step Two
I'm ashamed to admit I used to be a Scrooge. Yep. I dreaded the holidays because they just seemed to put so much extra stress in my life. It was overflowing already. As a military spouse and a homeschooling mama with four kiddos in eight years, I didn't have time for the mythical bonbons that some talk of. I wanted peace. PEACE. I'd love to send you the simple PDF of … [Read more...] about Simplify Your Holidays: Step Two
Simplify Your Holidays: Step One
Y'all!! Is the stress of the upcoming holidays beginning to creep into your brain? Just a little? I know it is for me. As the leftover Halloween candy bowl depletes, I have flashing moments of panic at all that needs to happen in the next 6 weeks. (These are in addition to the other flashes happening in this 50-something body.) Keep calm my sisters, I'm here to help … [Read more...] about Simplify Your Holidays: Step One
Your Midlife Family: Gift Ideas for Aging Parents
Well, the time is quickly approaching to think about gift-giving and holiday events. Trying to come up with gifts for my elderly loved ones gets harder every year. I don't know why. So, compiling this extensive list of gift ideas for aging parents is as much for me as it is for you. My own people will never tell me what they WANT. And somehow I feel guilty giving them practical things they … [Read more...] about Your Midlife Family: Gift Ideas for Aging Parents
