Life · Motherhood · Parenthood

Let’s not ignore feelings

“It’s so important to pursue our kids. It gets busy in life and we can sometimes let those relationships slide and we can forget how quickly our children are growing up. You never want to overlook the long term relationship you’re building with your children.” That quote was from the last few minutes of a… Continue reading Let’s not ignore feelings

Life · Marriage

Fuel for our marriage

Last year around this same time we took a weekend getaway to Avila Beach and stayed at Sycamore Minerals Springs Hotel. My husband had been saying since October this past year that we needed to find some time to getaway, just the two of us. It’s definitely tough what with the holidays, the girls activities… Continue reading Fuel for our marriage

Book Inspirations · Marriage

An Unsolvable Puzzle

Now that I have a bit of extra time while on break from school I decided it would be good to pick up my book The Meaning of Marriage written by Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller and give it the attention and time it deserves. Have any of you read it, or heard of it or Timothy Keller?… Continue reading An Unsolvable Puzzle

Life · Parenthood

“Love is a verb”

There’s so many things that I took away with me this weekend from our marriage retreat, most importantly that we can’t do it alone, that it’s important to have God guide us and be an essential part of our relationship and also that “love is a verb”. This “love is a verb” comes from Andy Stanley’s… Continue reading “Love is a verb”

Life

Positive Influences

I was just about to write some random stuff for today’s post and then my brother sparked inspiration in me. Before I get started though I want to share a little bit about what led to the inspiration my brother triggered and thus reminded me about Sunday’s topic at Church. Last week I made plans with my brother… Continue reading Positive Influences

Holidays · Life

Love, Every Day

Happy Valentines Day! If there is one thing I have learned over the years about this holiday it’s that its best not to put pressure on yourself or someone else and just enjoy that its another special day that you get to express love. Whether you’re in a relationship or not just enjoy knowing that… Continue reading Love, Every Day

Life

Relationships

Today one of my younger cousins that I grew up with had her first baby, a beautiful baby girl named Carly.  I don’t have any sisters of my own and this cousin of mine and her two sisters are pretty close to being that for me.  We shared a lot of experiences together growing up and although sometimes we lose touch… Continue reading Relationships