Let Love Follow You Out The Door
There’s nothing new under the sun when it comes to having a good morning.
Somehow, after nearly 29 years of living, I still haven’t learned. My mornings are rushed, chaotic and sleep-deprived, all rolled up in one big ball that bowls me over at the doorstep. I can shower in [...]

I’m proud to announce yours truly was chosen as a monthly columnist on Corey’s awesome blog: Simple Marriage.
His idea – “A better marriage by keeping it simple” – fits the way I think.
It would be amazing if you could leave a comment on his blog supporting me… Just sayin’. I’d love it.
You can read about [...]

Do you live in California?
Well, I don’t. And here in Wisconsin, winter started by dumping 14.5 inches of snow and made itself nice and comfy with daytime temps of zero degrees or lower.
For as freezing as it is for as long as it is, you’d think we’d have this winter business down. People would be [...]

My Little Sister makes me feel old.
When I’m with her, I realize the days of choosing friends over family are long gone. I’ve exchanged my leisurely hour “getting ready” for a chaotic 30 minutes.
This weekend, as I stared in wonder at her trendy clothes and perfectly straightened hair, I wondered: what can I learn?
Because yes [...]

A Litte Guide to Keeping it Tiny
Women feel a lot of pressure to be good at everything – I know I do. On any given day you can find me trying to be a good mom and wife, good housekeeper, good person, good organizer, good listener, good communicator – the list goes on. All of [...]

“I can’t go out – I have to clean all day.”
“Mom is here helping me clean.”
“I spent the whole weekend cleaning.”
If you’ve ever said or heard one of these statements, I’m feeling annoyed with you.
Sure, cleaning sucks. But when I hear my friends and family missing entire weekends of their life, I feel baffled. Cleaning [...]

I’m a big fan of washing a load of laundry in the morning and switching it to the dryer before bed.
The problem I have is forgetting about it – and discovering a hard, musty lump of wet clothes a few days later.
Now, I put a plastic hanger over my doorknob which signals: Laundry in progress.
Its [...]

Time rules my life.
I didn’t realize until recently just how much it ruled me. Apparently on the primary colors personality wheel – I’m a purple. And purples have a thing about time. Specifically, we’re at war with it. Which is why I constantly feel the pressure of time – from the moment I hear my [...]

Project: Reflect
Find a new Project every weekend at Peace & Projects.
Here in the Midwest, the changing seasons beg for reflection. As autumn leaves begin to swirl, the summer that’s gone becomes defined by a memory of what happened, by the places we saw and the people we met.
This week, I was reminded to reflect while [...]

Every Friday is Project Day at Peace & Projects.
Love always gets me.
Specifically, writing about love. I get choked up over my own writing all the time. It leaves me on the brink of tears during copy edit and melts my senses without warning.
There’s something about reading love that makes us all a little weak [...]